Pablo de Sarasate - Zigeunerweisen
Tuesday, 29 November 2011 00:00 | Written by bluesever | 
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Pablo de Sarasate - Zigeunerweisen
Zigeunerweisen (from the German "Gypsy Airs") is a 1980 independent Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki and based on Hyakken Uchida's novel, Disk of Sarasate. It takes its title from a gramophone recording of Pablo de Sarasate's violin composition, Zigeunerweisen, which features prominently in the story.
Pablo de Sarasate - Zigeunerweisen
Born Pablo Martín Melitón de Sarasate y Navascuéz in Pamplona, in the Spanish province of Navarre...
Zigeunerweisen (from the German "Gypsy Airs") is a 1980 independent Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki and based on Hyakken Uchida's novel, Disk of Sarasate. It takes its title from a gramophone recording of Pablo de Sarasate's violin composition, Zigeunerweisen, which features prominently in the story.
Pablo de Sarasate - Zigeunerweisen
Born Pablo Martín Melitón de Sarasate y Navascuéz in Pamplona, in the Spanish province of Navarre...
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