No one us really sure what the title means, but Joseph Prostakoff tells us that he assumes it is 'a vague allusion to Cnossus, Knossos or Gnossos', the city on Crete where the mythical Minotaur was confined within the labyrinth by King Minos and eventually slain by the hero, Theseus.
Gnossiennes No. 1
Instrumentation:
Trilogy Bass Synth
Atmosphere Synth
Mellotron (solo flute, bass flute, chamber woodwinds, string section, sad strings, Mk II strings, choir)