02.0 The Sound of Music
Part 01
2.01 Evelyn GlennieListens to Sound Without Hearit It
DEBORAH COWLEY
BEFORE YOU
READ
• “God may have taken her hearing but
he has given her back something extraordinary. What we hear, she feels — far
more deeply than any of us. That is why she expresses music so beautifully.”
• Read the following account of a
person who fought against a physical disability and made her life a success
story.
1. RUSH hour
crowds jostle for position on the underground train platform. A slight girl,
looking younger than her seventeen years, was nervous yet excited as she felt
the vibrations of the approaching train. It was her first day at the prestigious
Royal Academy of Music in London and daunting enough for any teenager fresh
from a Scottish farm. But this aspiring musician faced a bigger challenge than
most: she was profoundly deaf.
2. Evelyn
Glennie’s loss of hearing had been gradual. Her mother remembers noticing
something was wrong when the eight-year-old Evelyn was waiting to play the
piano. “They called her name and she didn’t move. I suddenly realised she
hadn’t heard,” says Isabel Glennie. For quite a while Evelyn managed to conceal
her growing deafness from friends and teachers. But by the time she was eleven
her marks had deteriorated and her headmistress urged her parents to take her
to a specialist. It was then discovered that her hearing was severely impaired
as a result of gradual nerve damage. They were advised that she should be
fitted with hearing aids and sent to a school for the deaf. “Everything
suddenly looked black,” says Evelyn.
3. But
Evelyn was not going to give up. She was determined to lead a normal life and
pursue her interest in music. One day she noticed a girl playing a xylophone
and decided that she wanted to play it too. Most of the teachers discouraged
her but percussionist Ron Forbes spotted her potential. He began by tuning two
large drums to different notes.“Don’t listen through your ears,” he would say,
“try to sense it some other way.” Says Evelyn, “Suddenly I realised I could
feel the higher drum from the waist up and the lower one from the waist down.”
Forbes repeated the exercise, and soon
Evelyn discovered that she could sense certain notes in different parts of her
body. “I had learnt to open my mind and body to sounds and vibrations.” The
rest was sheer determination and hard work.
4. She never
looked back from that point onwards. She toured the United Kingdom with a youth
orchestra and by the time she was sixteen, she had decided to make music her
life. She auditioned for the Royal Academy of Music and scored one of the
highest marks in the history of the academy. She gradually moved from
orchestral work to solo performances. At the end of her three-year course, she
had captured most of the top awards.
5. And for
all this, Evelyn won’t accept any hint of heroic achievement. “If you work hard
and know where you are going, you’ll get there.” And she got right to the top,
the world’s most sought-after multi percussionist with a mastery of some
thousand instruments, and hectic international schedule.
6. It is
intriguing to watch Evelyn function so effortlessly without hearing. In our
two-hour discussion she never missed a word. “Men with bushy beards give me
trouble,” she laughed. “It is not just watching the lips, it’s the whole face,
especially the eyes.” She speaks flawlessly with a Scottish lilt. “My speech is
clear because I could hear till I was eleven,” she says. But that doesn’t
explain how she managed to learn French and master basic
Japanese.
7. As for
music, she explains, “It pours in through every part of my body. It tingles in
the skin, my cheekbones and even in my hair.” When she plays the xylophone, she
can sense the sound passing up the stick into her fingertips. By leaning
against the drums, she can feel the resonances flowing into her body. On a
wooden platform she removes her shoes so that the vibrations pass through her
bare feet and up her legs.
8. Not
surprisingly, Evelyn delights her audiences. In 1991 she was presented with the
Royal Philharmonic Society’s prestigious Soloist of the Year Award. Says master
percussionist James Blades, “God may have taken her hearing but he has given her
back something extraordinary. What we hear, she feels — far more deeply than
any of us. That is why she expresses music so beautifully.”
9. Evelyn
confesses that she is something of a workaholic. “I’ve just got to work . . .
often harder than classical musicians. But the rewards are enormous.” Apart
from the regular concerts, Evelyn also gives free concerts in prisons and
hospitals. She also gives high priority to classes for young musicians. Ann
Richlin of the Beethoven Fund for Deaf Children says, “She is a shining
inspiration for deaf children. They see that there is nowhere that they cannot
go.”
10. Evelyn Glennie has already accomplished more than
most people twice her age. She has brought percussion to the front of the
orchestra, and demonstrated that it can be very moving. She has given
inspiration to those who are handicapped, people who look to her and say, ‘If
she can do it, I can.’ And, not the least, she has given enormous pleasure to
millions.
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jostle: push roughly slight: small and thin daunting: frightening aspiring
musician: a person who wants to be a musician impaired: weakened xylophone: a musical instrument with a row of wooden bars of different lengths percussionist: a person who plays the drum, the tabla, etc. potential: quality or ability that can be
developed auditioned: gave a short performance so that the director could decide whether she
was good enough workaholic (informal): a person who finds it difficult to stop working priority: great importance |
Thinking about the text
I. Answer these questions in a few words or a couple
of sentences each.
Q. 1. How old was
Evelyn when she went to the Royal Academy of Music?
Q. 2. When was
her deafness first noticed? When was it confirmed?
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Ans. 1. Evelyn
was seventeen years old when she went to the Royal Academy of Music in
London. Ans. 2. Her
deafness was first noticed when she was eight years old and it was confirmed
when she was eleven. |
II. Answer each of these questions in a short paragraph (30–40 words).
Q. 1. Who helped
her to continue with music? What did he do and say?
Q. 2. Name the
various places and causes for which Evelyn performs.
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Ans. 1.
Percussionist Ron Forbes helped Evelyn to continue with music. He began by
tuning two large drums to different notes. He asked her not to listen to them
through her ears but to try and sense the sound in some other manner. Ans. 2. Evelyn,
with a hectic international schedule, gives solo performances at regular
concerts. Apart from these, she gives free concerts in prisons and hospitals.
She also accords high priority to classes for young musicians. |
III. Answer the question in two or three
paragraphs (100–150 words).
Q. 1. How does Evelyn hear music?
Ans. Evelyn
heard music by sensing the notes in different parts of her body. When Ron Forbes
tuned two drums to different notes and asked her to sense the sound without
using her ears, she realized that she could feel the higher drum from the waist
up and the lower drum from the waist down. She learnt how to open her mind and
body to sounds and vibrations. It was sheer determination and hard work. When
she played the xylophone, she could sense the sound passing up the stick into
her fingertips. By leaning against the drums, she could feel the resonances
flowing into her body. On a wooden platform, she removed her shoes so that the
vibrations could pass through her bare feet and up her legs. She herself said
that music poured in through every part of her body. It tingled in the skin,
her cheekbones and even in her hair.
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Q. Write the character sketch of
Evelyn Glennie. Ans. Evelyn Glennie was a Scottish girl. In the age of eleven she becomes
deaf yet she was greatest t percussionists of the world. She could not hear
but feel with different parts of the body. In the age of eight her mother noticed something
special about the girl. She was waiting for turn to play piano. They called
here but she did not hear her. This was first indication that she is deaf.
She started canceling her deafness from her friends and teachers. Her
performance was very low in eleven. The doctor found her hearing damaged. She
was scented to the school of deaf and dumb where she feel all things black. She started to take interest in music. Most of the
teacher discouraged her. But famous musician Ron Forbes spotted her potential.
Forbes gives her education and repeated exercise to her. She had learnt with
open mind and body. She feels to sounds and vibrations form that point
onwards with hard determination. She joined the Royal Academy of Music in London. She
can play about 1000 percussion instruments with great mastery which was
wonder for any deaf. She reached on the top of the musicians. Reason of learning of music was that she can feel
the resonances flowing into her body on a wooden platform. She rejoices her
shoes so that the vibrations pass through her bare feet and up her legs. What
were she feels for more deeply that any of us. She calls herself a
workaholic. She gives free performance to hospitals and prison. She becomes
he shining inspiration to the deaf. She broth percussion to the forefront of
the orchestra, and she has show that it can be very moving. |
BEFORE YOU READ
• Do you know
these people? What instruments do they play?
• Think of the shehnai and the first
thing you’ll probably imagine is a wedding or a similar occasion or function.
The next would probably be Ustad Bismillah Khan, the shehnai maestro, playing
this instrument.
1. EMPEROR
Aurangzeb banned the playing of a musical instrument called pungi in the royal residence for it had a shrill unpleasant
sound. Pungi became the generic
name for reeded noisemakers. Few had thought that it would one day be revived.
A barber of a family of professional musicians, who had access to the royal
palace, decided to improve the tonal quality of the pungi. He chose a pipe with a natural hollow stem that was
longer and broader than the pungi, and made seven holes on the body of the pipe. When he played on it,
closing and opening some of these holes, soft and melodious sounds were produced.
He played the instrument before royalty and everyone was impressed. The
instrument so different from the pungi had to be given a new name. As the story goes, since it was first played in
the Shah’s chambers and was played by a nai (barber), the instrument was named the ‘shehnai’.
2. The sound
of the shehnai began to be considered auspicious. And for this reason it is
still played in temples and is an indispensable component of any North Indian
wedding. In the past, the shehnai was part of the naubat or traditional ensemble of nine instruments found at
royal courts. Till recently it was used only in temples and weddings. The
credit for bringing this instrument onto the classical stage goes to Ustad
Bismillah Khan.
3. As a
five-year old, Bismillah Khan played gillidanda near a pond in the ancient estate of Dumraon in Bihar. He would regularly
go to the nearby Bihariji temple to sing the Bhojpuri ‘Chaita’, at the end of which he would earn a big laddu weighing
1.25 kg, a prize given by the local Maharaja. This happened 80 years ago, and
the little boy has travelled far to earn the highest civilian award in India —
the Bharat Ratna.
4. Born on
21 March 1916, Bismillah belongs to a well-known family of musicians from
Bihar. His grandfather, Rasool Bux Khan, was the shehnainawaz of the Bhojpur king’s court. His father,
Paigambar Bux, and other paternal ancestors were also great shehnai players.
5. The young
boy took to music early in life. At the age of three when his mother took him
to his maternal uncle’s house in Benaras (now Varanasi), Bismillah was
fascinated watching his uncles practise the shehnai. Soon Bismillah started
accompanying his uncle, Ali Bux, to the Vishnu temple of Benaras where Bux was
employed to play the shehnai. Ali Bux would play the shehnai and Bismillah
would sit captivated for hours on end. Slowly, he started getting lessons in
playing the instrument and would sit practicing throughout the day. For years
to come the temple of Balaji and Mangala Maiya and the banks of the Ganga
became the young apprentice’s favourite haunts where he could practise in
solitude. The flowing waters of the Ganga inspired him to improvise and invent
ragas that were earlier considered to be beyond the range of the shehnai.
6. At the
age of 14, Bismillah accompanied his uncle to the Allahabad Music Conference.
At the end of his recital, Ustad Faiyaz Khan patted the young boy’s back and
said, “Work hard and you shall make it.” With the opening of the All India
Radio in Lucknow in 1938 came Bismillah’s big break. He soon became an
often-heard shehnai player on radio.
7. When
India gained independence on 15 August 1947, 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 Mahatma Gandhi and Pandit
Jawaharlal Nehru, who later gave his famous ‘Tryst with Destiny’ speech.
8. Bismillah
Khan has given many memorable performances both in India and abroad. His first
trip abroad was to Afghanistan where King Zahir Shah was so taken in by the
maestro that he gifted him priceless Persian carpets and other souvenirs.The
King of Afghanistan was not the only one to be fascinated with Bismillah’s
music. Film director Vijay Bhatt was so impressed after hearing Bismillah play
at a festival that he named a film after the instrument called Gunj Uthi Shehnai. The film was a hit, and one of Bismillah
Khan’s compositions, “Dil ka khilona hai toot gaya ...,” turned out to be a nationwide chartbuster! Despite this huge success in
the celluloid world, Bismillah Khan’s ventures in film music were limited to
two: Vijay Bhatt’s Gunj Uthi Shehnai and Vikram Srinivas’s Kannada venture, Sanadhi
Apanna. “I just can’t come to terms with the artificiality and
glamour of the film world,” he says with emphasis.
9. Awards
and recognition came thick and fast. Bismillah Khan became the first Indian to
be invited to perform at the prestigious Lincoln Centre Hall in the United
States of America. He also took part in the World Exposition in Montreal, in
the Cannes Art Festival and in the Osaka Trade Fair. So well known did he
become internationally that an auditorium in Teheran was named after him —
Tahar Mosiquee Ustaad Bismillah Khan.
10. National
awards like the Padmashri, the Padma Bhushan and the Padma Vibhushan were
conferred on him.
11. In 2001,
Ustad Bismillah Khan was awarded India’s highest civilian award, the Bharat
Ratna. With the coveted award resting on his chest and his eyes glinting with
rare happiness he said, “All I would like to say is: Teach your children music,
this is Hindustan’s richest tradition; even the West is now coming to learn our
music.’’
12. In spite
of having travelled all over the world — Khansaab as he is fondly called — is
exceedingly fond of Benaras and Dumraon and they remain for him the most
wonderful towns of the world. A student of his once wanted him to head a
shehnai school in the U.S.A., and the student promised to recreate the
atmosphere of Benaras by replicating the temples there. But Khansaab asked him
if he would be able to transport River Ganga as well. Later he is remembered to
have said, “That is why whenever I am in a foreign country, I keep yearning to
see Hindustan. While in Mumbai, I think of only Benaras and the holy Ganga. And
while in Benaras, I miss the unique mattha of Dumraon.”
13. Ustad
Bismillah Khan’s life is a perfect example of the rich, cultural heritage of
India, one that effortlessly accepts that a devout Muslim like him can very
naturally play the shehnai every morning at the Kashi Vishwanath temple.
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SHEKHAR GUPTA: When Partition happened, didn’t you and
your family think of moving to Pakistan? BISMILLAH KHAN: God forbid! Me, leave Benaras? Never! I
went to Pakistan once—I crossed the border just to say I have been to
Pakistan. I was there for about an hour. I said namaskar to the Pakistanis and salaam alaikum to the Indians! I had a good laugh. (Readers’ Digest, October 2005) |
Meanings:
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generic name: a name given to a class or group as a whole reeded: wind instruments which have reeds like the flute, the
clarinet, etc. auspicious: promising to bring good fortune indispensable: without which a piece of work cannot be done ensembles (pronounced ‘onsomble’): things (here,
instruments) considered as a group paternal ancestors: ancestors of the father on end: for a very long time without stopping taken in by: attracted or charmed by souvenirs: things given in memory of a place, person or event chartbuster: record breaker celluloid: old fashioned way of referring to films ventures: projects that often involve risk conferred: given, usually an award or a degree coveted: much desired devout: believing strongly in a religion and
obeying its laws and following its practices |
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Q. Write the character sketch of Bismillah
Khan. Ans. Ustad
Bismillah Khan was a greatest shehnai player of India. He was born at Dumraon
in Bihar in 21st march 1916. He belongs from a professional
musician family. He used to play gilli-danda with other boys. In his
childhood. After it he used to go nearby temple. Where he used to sing Chaita
song. The local Maharaja felt pleased to hear him. He was regularly rewarded
with a big Laddu Weighed 1.25 kg at the age of six he went to Banaras to
learn shehnai by his uncle. He practices for house in
the temple of Balaji and Mangla Maya and also on the bank of river Ganga
lonely. He has won many awards. He got
his first big award at the age of 14 from all India Music conference of
Allahabad. He was the awarded the Bharat Ratna the highest civilian award of
India in 2001. He died with a long sickness in 21 Aug. 2006. A great musician
apart from us for always |
Thinking about the Text
I. Tick the right answer.
Q. 1. The (shehnai, pungi)
was a ‘reeded noisemaker.’
Q. 2. (Bismillah Khan, A
barber, Ali Bux) transformed the pungi into a shehnai.
Q. 3. Bismillah Khan’s
paternal ancestors were (barbers, professional musicians).
Q. 4. Bismillah Khan learnt
to play the shehnai from (Ali Bux, Paigambar Bux, Ustad Faiyaaz Khan).
Q. 5. Bismillah Khan’s first
trip abroad was to (Afghanistan, U.S.A., Canada).
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Ans. 1. The pungi was a ‘reeded
noisemaker.’ Ans. 2. A barber transformed the
pungi into a shehnai. Ans. 3. Bismillah Khan’s paternal
ancestors were professional musicians. Ans. 4. Bismillah Khan learnt to play
the shehnai from Ali Bux. Ans.
5. Bismillah Khan’s first
trip abroad was to Afghanistan. |
II. Find the words in the text which show Ustad Bismillah Khan’s feelings
about the items listed below. Then mark a tick (✔ ✔) in the correct column. Discuss your answers in class.
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Bismillah Khan’s feelings about |
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Negative |
Neutral |
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1. teaching children music |
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2. the film world |
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3. migrating to the U.S.A. |
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4. playing at temples |
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5. getting the Bharat Ratna |
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6. the banks of the Ganga |
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7. leaving Benaras
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Answer
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Bismillah Khan’s feelings about |
Positive |
Negative |
Neutral |
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1. teaching children music |
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2. the film world |
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3. migrating to the U.S.A. |
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4. playing at temples |
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5. getting the Bharat Ratna |
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6. the banks of the Ganga |
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7. leaving Benaras
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III. Answer these questions in 30–40 words.Q. 1. Why did Aurangzeb ban the
playing of the pungi?
Ans. Aurangzeb banned the
playing of musical instrument pungi because it had a shrill, unpleasant sound.
Q. 2. How is a shehnai different from a pungi?
Ans. Shehnai has a better tonal
quality than pungi. It is a natural hollow stem pipe with holes on its body and
is longer and broader than the pungi. Shehnai is, in a way, an improvement upon
the pungi.
Q. 3. Where was the shehnai played traditionally? How did Bismillah
Khan change this?
Ans. The shehnai was traditionally
played in royal courts, temples and weddings. Ustaad Bismillah khan, an
undisputed monarch of shehnai brought this instrument onto the classical stage.
Q. 4. When and how did Bismillah
Khan get his big break?
Ans. Bismillah khan got his big
break in 1938. The All India Radio opened in Lucknow and Bismillah khan played
shehnai on radio. He soon became an often heard player on radio. He became the
first Indian to greet the nation with his shehnai from the Red Fort on 15
August, 1947.
Q. 5. Where did Bismillah Khan
play the shehnai on 15 August 1947? Why was the event historic?
Ans. On 15 August 1947,
Bismillah Khan played the Raag Kaafi on his shehnai from the Red Fort. The
event was historical because it was on the occasion of India's Independence
from British Rule.
Q. 6. Why did Bismillah Khan refuse to start a shehnai school in the
U.S.A.?
Ans. Bismillah Khan refused one of
his student's request to start a shehnai school in the U.S.A. because he would
not live away from Hindustan, specifically, from Benaras, the River Ganga and
Dumraon.
Q. 7. Find at least two instances in the text which tell you that
Bismillah Khan loves India and Benaras.
Ans. The first instance is
when he turned down his student’s offer to start a shehnai school in U.S.A. The
second instance is when Khansaab was asked by Shekhar Gupta about moving to
Pakistan during the partition, he said that he would never leave Benaras.
Thinking about language
I. Complete the following sentences. Beginning with a
to-verb, try to answer the questions in brackets.
Q. 1.
The school sports team hopes (What does it hope to do?)
Q. 2.
We all want (What do we all want to do?)
Q. 3.
They advised the hearing-impaired child’s mother (What did they advise her to
do?)
Q. 4.
The authorities permitted us to (What did the authorities permit us to
do?)
Q. 5.
A musician decided to (What did the musician decide to do?)
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Ans. 1. The school sports
team hopes to win the match. Ans. 2. We all want to go to
succeed in our life. Ans. 3. They advised the
hearing-impaired child’s mother to consult a doctor. Ans. 4. The authorities
permitted us to construct the building. Ans. 5. A musician decided to open a school for children. |
II. From the text on Bismillah Khan, find the words and phrases
that match these definitions and write them down. The number of the paragraph
where you will find the words/phrases has been given for you in brackets.
1. the home of royal people (1) ______________ .
2. the state of being alone (5) ______________ .
3. a part which is absolutely necessary (2)_________________ .
4. to do something not done before (5) ________________ .
5. without much effort (13) ____________ .
6. quickly and in large quantities (9) _____________ and
______________ .
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Ans.
1. the royal residence,
2. solitude, 3. indispensable, 4. invent, 5. effortlessly, 6. thick and fast |
III. Tick the right answer.
Q. 1.
When something is revived, it (remains dead/lives again).
Q. 2.
When a government bans something, it wants it (stopped/started).
Q. 3.
When something is considered auspicious, (welcome it/avoid it).
Q. 4.
When we take to something, we find it (boring/interesting).
Q. 5.
When you appreciate something, you (find it good and useful/find it of no use).
Q. 6.
When you replicate something, you do it (for the first time/for the second
time).
Q. 7.
When we come to terms with something, it is (still upsetting/no longer
upsetting).
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Ans. 1. When something is
revived, it lives again. Ans. 2. When a government
bans something, it wants it stopped. Ans. 3. When something is
considered auspicious, welcome it. Ans. 4. When we take to
something, we find it interesting. Ans. 5. When you appreciate
something, you find it good and useful. Ans. 6. When you replicate
something, you do it for the second time. Ans. 7. When we come to terms with something, it is no longer
upsetting. |
Consult
your dictionary and complete the following table. The first one has been done
for you.
Answer
Use these words in phrases or sentences of your own.
Some sentences using these adjectives are:
1. She is indispensable for the successful completion of the
project.
2. Sunita was impressed by my singing.
3. He is afraid of the dark.
4. I enjoy the company of my paternal uncle.
5. Gennie was showered with countless gifts.
6. My grandmother gave me a priceless piece of advice.
IV. Dictionary work
• The sound of the shehnai is auspicious.
• The auspicious sound of the shehnai is usually heard at marriages.
The adjective auspicious can occur after the verb be as in the first sentence, or before a noun as in the second. But there are
some adjectives which can be used after the verb be and not before a noun. For example:
• Ustad Faiyaz Khan was overjoyed.
We cannot say: *the overjoyed
man.
Look at these entries
from the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (2005).
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elder adj., noun adjective 1 [only before
noun] (of people, especially two members
of the same family) older: my elder brother • his elder sister 2 (the
elder) used without a noun immediately after it to show who is the older of two people: the elder of their two sons 3 (the elder) (formal) used before or after sb’s name to show that they are the older of two people who
have the same name: the elder Pitt • Pitt, the elder. |
awake adj., verb adjective [not before noun] not asleep (especially
immediately before or after sleeping): to be half/fully awake; to be wide awake. I was still awake when he came to bed. |
Use these words in phrases or sentences of your own.
Speaking
I. Imagine the famous singer Kishori Amonkar is going to
visit your school. You have been asked to introduce her to the audience before
her performance. How would you introduce her?
Here is some information about Kishori Amonkar you can
find on the Internet.
Read the passage and make notes of the main points about:
• her parentage
• the school of music she belongs to
• her achievements
• her inspiration
• awards
Padma Bhushan Kishori Amonkar, widely considered the finest
female vocalist of her generation, was born in 1931, daughter of another great
artist, Smt. Mogubai Kurdikar. In her early years she absorbed the approach and
repertoire of her distinguished mother’s teacher Ustad Alladiya Khan. As her
own style developed, however, she moved away from Alladiya Khan’s ‘Jaipur-
Atrauli gharana’ style in some respects, and as a mature artist her approach is
usually regarded as an individual, if not unique, variant of the Jaipur model.
Kishori Amonkar is a thinker, besotted by
what she calls the mysterious world of her raagas. She dissects them with the precision of a perfectionist, almost like a
scientist, until the most subtle of shades and emotions emerge and re-emerge.
She is very much inspired by the teachings
of the ancient Vedic sages, written at a time when vocal music was highly
devotional in character. This soul searching quality of her music, coupled with
a very intellectual approach to raaga performance has gained her quite a following in India and has helped to
revive the study of khayal.
Significant awards bestowed on this artist
include the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1985), the Padma Bhushan (1987), and
the highly coveted Sangeet Samradhini Award (considered one of the most
prestigious awards in Indian Classical Music) in 1997.
II. Use your notes on Kishori Amonkar to introduce her to
an imaginary audience. You may use one of the following phrases to introduce a
guest:
I am honoured to introduce.../I feel privileged to
introduce.../We welcome you...
Writing
“If you work hard and know where you’re going, you’ll get
there,” says Evelyn Glennie.
You have now read about two musicians, Evelyn Glennie and
Ustad Bismillah Khan. Do you think that they both worked hard? Where did they
want to ‘go’ ?
Answer these questions in two paragraphs, one on each of
the two musicians.
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Whenever you see darkness, there is
extraordinary opportunity for the light to burn brighter. – BONO |
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