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- ↑ Peter Aston, "Thorne, John", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
- ↑ Hélène Harvitt (1966). Eustorg de Beaulieu, a Disciple of Marot, 1495(?)-1552. AMS Press, Incorporated. p. 26.
- ↑ Randel Don (1996). The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. Harvard University Press. p. 256. ISBN 978-0-674-37299-3.