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The Sound of Music & Wind

Meghalaya Board · Class 9 · English

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3 Topics · Meghalaya Board Class 9 English

Topics in The Sound of Music & Wind

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Part I - Evelyn Glennie Listens to Sound without Hearing It

  • Evelyn Glennie was a 17-year-old aspiring musician who was profoundly deaf
  • Her hearing loss was gradual, noticed when she was 8 years old and confirmed as severe by age 11
  • She was advised to use hearing aids and attend a school for the deaf, but refused to give up
2

Part II - The Shehnai of Bismillah Khan

  • The shehnai evolved from the pungi, which Emperor Aurangzeb banned for its shrill sound
  • A barber improved the pungi by using a longer, broader pipe with seven holes
  • Named 'shehnai' because it was first played in Shah's chambers by a nai (barber)
3

Poem - Wind by Subramania Bharati

  • Wind is personified as a powerful, destructive force that doesn't listen to requests
  • The poem shows wind's destructive actions: breaking shutters, scattering papers, tearing book pages
  • Wind is described as clever at 'poking fun at weaklings'

Key Concepts

Evelyn Glennie lost her hearing graduallyBorn in 1916 in BiharOriginally called 'pungi'In Subramania Bharati's poem

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