RISTAD, ELOISE. — A Soprano on Her Head.

Moab, Utah: Real People Press, 1993. 0911226214. Right-side-up reflections on life and other performances. "Eloise Ristad discusses the problems of nervousness and/or nervous energy with a physiological understanding of human behaviour under stress, imaginative and original psychological insight, and just plain good common sense. The valuable solutions she suggests for the problems of musical performance can be applied just as readilyu to the vast gamut of physical and intellectual actions and reactions any individual is confronted with in daily living." (Samuel Sanders, concert pianist, professor, Juilliard School of Music). Pp.203. Paperback, minor creasing to front. G+.