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Many sashiko patterns were derived from Chinese designs, but just as many were developed by native Japanese embroiderers; for example, the style known as kogin-zashi, which generally consists of diamond-shaped patterns in horizontal rows, is a distinctive variety of sashiko that was developed in Aomori Prefecture.
Christmas Eve and Other Stories is the debut studio album by American symphonic metal band Trans-Siberian Orchestra. It was released on October 15, 1996, through Lava Records and Atlantic Records . It is the first album in the band's "Christmas trilogy", with The Christmas Attic (1998) and The Lost Christmas Eve (2004) coming afterward.
[1] Jacobean embroidery refers to embroidery styles that flourished in the reign of King James I of England in first quarter of the 17th century. The term is usually used today to describe a form of crewel embroidery used for furnishing characterized by fanciful plant and animal shapes worked in a variety of stitches with two-ply wool yarn on ...
Paul O'Neill explained the story behind "Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24" in an interview published on ChristianityToday.com: [2]. We heard about this cello player born in Sarajevo many years ago who left when he was fairly young to go on to become a well-respected musician, playing with various symphonies throughout Europe.
Maggini violin made circe 1610 Giovanni Paolo Maggini (c. 1580 - c. 1630), was a luthier born in Botticino ( Brescia ), Republic of Venice . Maggini was a pupil of the most important violin maker of the Brescian school, Gasparo da Salò .
"Wizards in Winter" is an instrumental track by Trans-Siberian Orchestra, released on the 2004 album The Lost Christmas Eve.A clip of the band playing the first few seconds of the piece was used in a commercial for its most recent concert tour, and the song is often used to open their live shows.
The scroll of a double bass. A scroll is the decoratively carved beginning of the neck of certain stringed instruments, mainly members of the violin family.The scroll is typically carved in the shape of a volute (a rolled-up spiral) according to a canonical pattern, although some violins are adorned with carved heads, human and animal.
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B ♭ minor, Op. 23 (1874–75) Sérénade mélancolique, Op. 26, for violin and orchestra (1875) Variations on a Rococo Theme for cello and orchestra, Op. 33 (1876–77) Valse-Scherzo for violin and orchestra, Op. 34; Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 (1878) Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 44 (1879–80)