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References
- ↑ Editions75
- ↑ An Hour for Piano streamed online, performed by R. Andrew Lee.
- ↑ Sixty Minutes to Change Your Life, by Kyle Gann.
- ↑ Tom Johnson's Program Notes [ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ The Voice of New Music, available free as a PDF
- ↑ S. Andrew Granade's Liner Notes [ permanent dead link ]
