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- ↑ "Q & A: Martin Pearlman of Boston Baroque". Playbill . February 9, 2007. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
- ↑ Hill, Brad (2005). Classical. Infobase Publishing p. 34. ISBN 978-0-8160-6976-7.
