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Author: BartonMcLean

Insights Contributor: Barton McLean

Insights Contributor: Barton McLean

Having been taught and mentored by Henry Cowell and having developed his electronic music techniques in the studios under the direction of Ianis Xenakis, Barton McLean has experienced both the academic and the professional worlds of the composer, having had

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