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- ↑ Taruskin, Richard. Oxford History of Western Music. Oxford University Press. p. 296.
- ↑ Taruskin, Richard. Oxford History of Western Music. Oxford University Press. p. 300.
- Carter, Elliot. “Shop Talk by an American Composer.” In Collected Essays and Lecture, 1937-1995, ed. Jonathan Bernard, 214-224. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 1997; reprinted from Musical Quarterly 46, no. 2 (April 1960): 189-201.
- Carter, Elliot. “String Quartets Nos. 1, 1951, and 2, 1959.” In Collected Essays and Lecture, 1937-1995, ed. Jonathan Bernard, 231-235. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 1997. Reprinted from sleeve notes from Composers String Quartet, Nonesuch Records H-71249 (1970).
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