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Who helped Evelyn to continue with music? What did he do and say?
5 years ago
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When did Evelyn’s mother notice that something was wrong with her hearing?
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How did Evelyn’s deafness come to light?
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Why was Evelyn nervous while going to Royal Academy of Music?
5 years ago
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When and how did Evelyn loose her power of hearing?
5 years ago
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When was Evelyn’s deafness first noticed? When was it confirmed?
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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 Roya...
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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 he...
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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 m...
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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 ...
5 years ago
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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 realized she hadn’t heard,” says Isabel Glennie. For quite a while Evelyn managed to...
5 years ago
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“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 ...
5 years ago
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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…/! feel privileged to introduce…/‘We welcome you’…
5 years ago
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Tick the right answer. 1. When something is revived, it (remains dead/lives again). 2. When a government bans something, it wants it (stopped/started). 3. When something is considered auspicious (welcome it/avoid it).
5 years ago
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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.
5 years ago
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The italicised parts answer the questions: “What was Evelyn determined to do?” and “What did Evelyn manage to do?” They begin with a to-verb {to live, to conceal). Complete the following sentences. Beginning with a to-verb, try to answer the question...
5 years ago
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Find at least two instances in the text which tell you that Bismillah Khan loves India and Benaras.
5 years ago
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Why did Bismillah Khan refuse to start a shehnai school in the U.S.A.?
5 years ago
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Where did Bismillah Khan play the shehnai on 15 August 1947? Why was the event historic?
5 years ago
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When and how did Bismillah Khan get his big break?
5 years ago
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