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- ↑ "A Hip Opera : Education: The L.A. Music Center Opera created 'A Muskrat Lullaby' project for area grade schools. Students and teachers are singing its praises". Los Angeles Times . 11 November 1990.
- ↑ "A Muskrat Lullaby is an opera for young audiences, family audiences, opera education, opera for youth, opera for young people, children's opera, in one act, by composer Edward Barnes, based on the book "Mama Don't Allow" by Thacher Hurd". Archived from the original on 2015-02-14. Retrieved 2015-02-14.