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- ↑ 'Twentieth century Danish music', Page 51 Lansing D. McLoskey - 1998 "Choral music of international standard: a portrait of the Ars Nova choir." Musical Denmark. 39 ( 1 988): 9-12. B266. Beyer, Anders. "Dansk musik i Øst og Vest." dmt. 5 (Jan./Feb. 1993/94): 165-7.
- ↑ Historical dictionary of choral music - Page 205 Melvin P. Unger - 2010 Danish composer and conductor. He studied musicology at Copenhagen University, and bassoon at the Royal Danish Conservatory. In 1979 he founded Ars Nova, a vocal ensemble specializing in Renaissance vocal works and new music, ...
- ↑ "Sofi Jeannin er Ars Novas nye chefdirigent!" (Press release). Ars Nova Copenhagen. 14 March 2024. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
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