The Sound of Music Summary

 

The Sound of Music Summary

The biographical feature records Evelyn Glennie Listening to Sound with Hearing it Deborah Cowley, a Scottish musician, Eskin Glenny, who is deaf since she was 12 years old. Instead of avoiding the handicap, Evelyn pursues her dream. The ability to listen through his body. She eventually made her way to the Royal Academy of Music in London. Evelyn Glennie, who can play more than a thousand instruments to perfection, is the most sought-after musician internationally.

Evelyn's mother came to know of her daughter's deafness when she was eight years old, later to give her performance on the piano at school, but her name was not being heard. For a long time Evelyn managed to hide her growing deafness from friends and teachers. But by the time she was eleven, her scars had deteriorated. When her deafness was confirmed at the age of eleven, her school headmaster suggested that she should be sent to a school for deaf children. But Evelyn was not the kind of girl to be discouraged. Once, when he was refused by teachers from playing on a xylophone, So Ron Forbes, a great percussionist, came to his rescue. He saw a lot of potential in her and directed her how to listen to music in different parts of her body without going through the ears. This proved to be the turning point. She opens her body and mind to sounds and vibrations. He never looked back after that. He had mastered the art of interpreting the various vibrations of sound on his body.

Evelyn has not looked back since that time. She toured the United Kingdom with a young orchestra and by the time she was sixteen, she had decided to make music her life. She joined the prestigious Royal Academy of Music and scored the highest marks in the Academy's history when she auditioned for it. Later, she went on to perform solo performances from the orchestra. At the end of his three-year course at the academy, Evelyn received most of the top awards.

With her indomitable determination, Evelyn became the world's most sought-after multicultural expert with a mastery of a few thousand devices, and a busy international schedule.

Despite her hearing loss, Evelyn not only speaks flawlessly, but has also managed to learn French and basic Japanese. According to Evelyn, she can put music on every part of her body - such as her skin, her cheek bones, even her hair. She can feel the vibrations of the devices penetrating her body through her bare feet. In 1991, he received the prestigious 'Soloist of the Year Award' presented by the Royal Philharmonic Society.

A person with a human outlook, Evelyn gives free concerts in prisons and hospitals. With her efforts, she acquired an important position for percussion instruments in the orchestra. In fact, Evelyn Glennie is a great inspiration to all those who suffer from physical disabilities. She convinces them that if she can do it, they can.

Bismillah Khan's Shehnai highlights the origin of Shehnai and the Bharat Ratan Award for Shehnai Maestro, Shehnai Maestro, recipient of Padma Vibhushan and his invaluable contribution to the music world of Shehnai. Pleased with the family of musicians, Bismillah Khan ranked Shehnai among classical musical instruments. His imprint and originality of many new ragas earned him acclaim internationally as well.

Pungi, a musical instrument, was banned by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, as he found its voice melodious and shrill. However, it was revived when a barber, who belonged to a family of professional musicians, revised and perfected it. He took a hollow stem that was wider than Pungi, made seven holes in it and composed music that was soft and melodious. Nai (Nai) played it in the royal chambers (in the court of the Shah) and the instrument was named Shehnai. Its sound was so admirable that it was made part of Naubat - the traditional ensemble of nine instruments found in the royal court. From that time on, shehnai music became associated with auspicious occasions. It was played in temples and during weddings, especially in North India by Ustad Bismillah Khan on a classical stage playing instruments.

Born in Dumraon, Bihar in 1916, Bismillah Khan belonged to a well-known family of musicians. His grandfather, Rasul Bux Khan, was a shehnai player in the court of the Raja of Bhojpur. His father, Prophet Bux and his paternal and maternal uncle were also great shehnai players. Bismillah Khan made his music debut in life when he was 3 years old in the company of his maternal uncle. At the age of five, he regularly went to the nearby Bihari temple to sing Bhojpuri Chaita, at the end of which he was given a big laddu by the Maharaja.

Bismillah Khan received training in Banaras from his maternal uncle Ali Baks, who played the shehnai in the Vishnu temple. His talent gained recognition when Bismillah Khan was fourteen years old at the Allahabad Music Conference. Later, when All India Radio was established

Lucknow in 1938, he often played the clarinet on the radio. In Banaras, Ganga gave him much inspiration and in harmony with the flowing waters of the Ganges, Bismillah Khan discovered new ragas for shehnai. He developed such devotion for Ganga and Dumraon that he declined the opportunity to settle in America when he was offered it.

Bismillah Khan's shehnai went into a new era when he was playing the shehnai before the speech of Pandit Jawahar Lai Nehru, who declared India's independence in 1947.

Unlike other musicians, the glamor of the film industry failed to capture Bismillah Khan. Although she contributed to the music of the two films, Vijay Bhatt's Gunj Uti Shehnai and Vikram Srinivas's Kannada venture, Sanadhi Apanna, she did not pursue this option as she did not come with the artificiality and glamor of the film world. He was awarded the National Awards - Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan. In 2001, he received the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award. She was the first Indian invited to perform at Lincoln Central Hall, USA. She also participated in the World Exhibition in Montreal, the Cannes Arts Festival, and the Osaka Trade Fair. So well known was he internationally that an auditorium in Tehran was named after him - Tahar Mosiki Ustad Bismillah Khan.

The life of Ustad Bismillah Khan molds the rich, cultural heritage of India into that of an ideal Muslim, as if playing the shehnai at the Kashi Vishwanath temple every morning.