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parentage. His father was an Auschwitz survivor, which led Greif to compose a number of Holocaust-themed works, including
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His career was spent teaching composition and directing music festivals such as the Académie-Festival des Arcs.
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for the piano have not been recorded as a complete cycle, and many of his works have been played only once.
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even in the context of works with a major pull to their tonality. His 23
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Greif's music is rooted in the late twentieth century tonal styles of
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Greif began composing at the age of 9 and studied at the
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