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Bismillah Khan, 1916-2006

LC control no.n 89630618
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LC classificationML419.B5 Biography
Personal name headingBismillah Khan, 1916-2006
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Variant(s)Khan, Bismillah, 1916-2006
Birth date19160321
Death date20060821
Found inHis Indian classical music [SR] 1983?: label (Ustad Bismillah Khan, shehnai player) container (b. 3/21/16 in Dumraon, Bihar; awarded the title "Padma Vibhushan" by the Indian government in 1980)
WW Indian musicians, 2nd ed. (Bismillah Khan)
New York times WWW site, Aug. 23, 2006 (in obituary published Aug. 22: Bismillah Khan; d. Monday [Aug. 21, 2006], aged 91; one of India's most celebrated musicians, who popularized the use of the shehnai, the Indian oboe)
Times online WWW site, Aug. 23, 2006 (Ustad Bismillah Khan; b. Mar. 21, 1916, Bihar; d. Aug. 21, 2006, aged 90; virtuoso musician who promoted the shehnai into concert halls and became a living symbol of Muslim-Hindu reconciliation)
Wikipedia WWW site, Aug 23, 2006 (Ustad Bismillah Khan Sahib; b. Mar. 21, 1916; d. Aug. 21, 2006, Varanasi, aged 90; shehnai maestro from India)
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