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Hanging Off the Edge: Revelations of a Modern Troubadour.

Publication: Notes
Publication Date: 01-JUN-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Hanging Off the Edge: Revelations of a Modern Troubadour.(Book review)

Article Excerpt
Hanging Off the Edge: Revelations of a Modern Troubadour. By Priscilla McLean. New York: iUniverse, Inc., 2006. [xiii, 279 p. ISBN 0-595-37548-0 $21.95.] Works list, discography, bibliography, endnotes, compact disc.

This book could be called a contemporary woman composer's version of Dr. Burney's diaries and travel accounts. It contains fascinating details about people and places throughout the world and also about the obstacles which twentieth-century performing artists encountered. The reader experiences many things with the McLeans: the equipment schlepping; battles with facial shingles; lack of insurance; cross-country travel; prices of food, cars, tuition; interactive performance pieces; composition competitions; MacDowell Colony resident fellowships; an Indonesian videographer; hiking in wildlife parks, rainforests, and mountains; even writing a review for...

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