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    The subtext for 6 Pieces is a set of variations gleaned from a theme of a mother of many children, many moods. The variations, each one a memory of times past, are memories in words uttered directly by the Hauptstimme mother or whispered thoughts by the child Nebenstimme. The Biography of Esther Thomas Grana is a construct in musical language swimming on a sea of feelings about a woman born in poverty moving into early adulthood with great hope only to be torn down by tragedy before her adult life could blossom into maturity.

    The theme begins in large six-four measures each beat divided again into 6 parts anchoring the theme on top of a swelling surface of left-hand accompaniment. Each variation is a moment of distillation from the mother theme represented by a Hauptstimme and Nebenstimme. Adopting the Debussy paradigm of naming a composition at the end, each variation segues into remembered past spoken by the mother or quietly uttered by the remembering child.
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from Six Pieces for Piano "Biography of Esther Thomas Grana", track released March 5, 2010

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Edgar David Grana Brooklyn, New York

Lyric Drama Tashi Tibet-Composer/Collaborator with book writer Pam Brunsvold Rummel China's invasion of Tibet. Ballet from the Beginning-Composer based on a story by Pam Rummel. Mr. Grana is recorded on ‘NEWPORT CLASSIC RECORDS’ with Kurt Vonnegut & jazz Saxophonist Michael Brecker, went double platinum with Kip Winger on Winger album. ... more

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