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Homer Grunn - Desert Suite, Op.7

My recording of Homer Grunn 's Desert Suite, Op.7 (1913), subtitled "Five Tone Pictures for the Piano". When I first heard this suite, I dismissed it as a candidate for my "American Indianist Music" playlist as it does not sound particularly Indian. Despite the fact that Grunn collected Indian music in the south west of USA, there are no Indian melodies here, just one short passage marked "Indian drum". Nor does it sound particularly "desert-y" to me, not evoking to my mind the arid harshness and glaring sun of the desert. But it seemed a shame not to use the pretty art work, especially the colorful cover, created by illustrator W.E. Rollins and the vivid but somewhat pretentious poems by William Hooper Howells, with which the composer was truly handsomely served by his publisher. And once I dug into the suite, I quickly came to appreciate these pieces which, although slender, are perfectly pleasing and well written. 00:11 At Sunrise 02:53 Cholla Dance 05:00 On the Mesa 08:26 Mirage 11:02 Oasis Chris Breemer, piano https://buymeacoffee.com/cbreemer --- Recording date: Monday November 17, 2025 Piano: Kawai Novus NV10S Setting: SK-EX Rendering Postprocessing: Bass boost, Treble Boost, Concert Hall Light reverb