CLASS 9
THE SOUND OF MUSIC
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Question
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Barber
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Elveyn Glennie
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Bismillah Khan
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None of this
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Detailed explanation-1: -Bismillah Khan became the first Indian to greet the nation with his shehnai. He poured his heart out into Raag Kafi from the Red Fort to an audience which included Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, who later gave his famous ‘Tryst with Destiny’ speech.
Detailed explanation-2: -Bismillah Khan, who introduced the shehnai to the concert stage, is one of the best-known performers on this instrument.
Detailed explanation-3: -Bismillah Khan invented new ragas with the shehnai and thus, brought it on the stage among other classical musical instruments.
Detailed explanation-4: -Bismillah Khan BR (born Qumaruddin Khan, 21 March 1916 – 21 August 2006), often referred to by the title Ustad, was an Indian musician credited with popularizing the shehnai, a reeded woodwind instrument.
Detailed explanation-5: -Bismillah Khan was born in a small village in Bihar. His father was a shehnaiplayer. When he was six, Bismillah Khan moved to Varanasi. He started learning to play the shehnai from his maternal uncle, Ali Baksh.