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- ↑ Whetstone, David (29 June 2010). "Alec Roth returns to Brinkburn Music Festival". The Journal. Archived from the original on 26 June 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
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- ↑ Alec, Roth (1986). New composition for Javanese gamelan. etheses.dur.ac.uk (Doctoral). Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ↑ Jeffrey Skidmore and Alec Roth: Notes to CD "Shared Ground", Signum Classics SIGCD270, pp4-5.
- ↑ Alec Roth: Notes to CD "A Time to Dance", Hyperion Records CDA68144.
