 World Music Day: October 1. It was started by Yahudi Menuhin in 1975 Music Heard Melodies are Good, but those unheard are Sweeter

 Madonna : The world's top female Pop Star whose Polar Prize is known as Nobel Prize in Music full name is Madonna Louise Ciccone. In 1986 Grammy Award is the global award given to Music she became the first woman to top both the album and singles charts. Her most popular al-  The orchestra is the largest grouping of instru- bum is True Blue (1986). ments in classical music.  Nora Jones won Grammay Award - 2002. She is  An orchestra usually contains 90 people. the daughter of Pandit Ravishankar.  Opera : Operas are musical dramas in which  M.S. Subbulakshmi : Indian expo- singers, accompanied by an orchestra, act out a nent of classical and non-classical (_m-se) story music. She had the honour of recit-  Symphony: Symphonies are pieces of music writ- ing devotional songs during the ten for a full range of orchestral instruments. silver jubilee celebrations of UN in  Concert : Concert is a performance given by mu- 1970. Born: 1916, September 16, (kwKo-X¡¨cn) sicians died: 2004, December 11  Popular Western Music :  Ustad Bismillah Khan: Ustad  Jazz  Rock and Roll Bismillah Khan (91) died August  Reggae  Rap 21st Born 1916. He elevated the  Blues  Punk Shehnai from sounding the auspi-  Disco  Pop Music cious notes at weddings to a magic  Legendary Popular Music Bands instrument for classical Hindustani music. He was  Beatles  Abba honoured with Bharat Ratna and Padma  Spice Girls Vibhushan. B{K-bn XmPva-l-ensâ ap¼n  Yanni : I¬tkÀ«v \S¯nb {]kn² {Ko¡v kwKo-X  Ilayaraja : Exponent of Carnatic music; Music di- Ú³. rector of Tamil films. He is the only Asian whose symphony is recorded by the Royal Philharmonic  Yehudi Menuhin : World famous American orchestra of London. The symphony called Fu- violinist. He was born in Israel. sion is an amalgam of Indian and Western music.  Michael Jackson : Black American Pop Singer.  apwss_-bn Ct±lw Xsâ BÂ_-§-  Zubin Mehta : Indian born musician, conductor 1991- fmb F¶nh Ah-X-cn-¸n-¨n- of New York and Israel Philharmonic Orchestras. Thriller, Dangerous cp¶p. He was honoured with the title of 'The Knight of temI-{]-ikvX _oänÂkv the Legion of Honour' in Paris on April 24, 2001.  George Harrison : {Kq¸nse kwKo-XÚ\pw Knäm-dn-Ìp-amb tPmÀPv He was also honoured with life membership of the prestigious Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. lmcn-k¬ A´-cn-¨p (2002-þÂ) . kmw_-\r¯w : {_ko-ense {]kn-²-amb \mtSmSn   Cw¥-­nse enhÀ]q-fn 1960-þ cq]w-sIm­ \r¯w. tdm¡v kwKo-X-kw-L-amWv _oänÂkv.

 Elton John: Singer who sang Candle in Wind at  Wolfgang A. Mozart ...... Austrian Composer Princess Diana's funeral. Received knighthood  Richard Wagner ...... German Composer  Ludwig Van Beethoven ...... German Composer from Britain's Queen Elizabeth II in February 1998. 

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