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- ↑ Foreman, Lewis & Susan (2005). London: a musical gazetteer. Yale University Press. p. 339. ISBN 0300104022.
- ↑ Riley, Matthew (2010). British Music and Modernism. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 123. ISBN 978-0754665854.
- ↑ Allen, Michael (2001). Teaching Music Through Performance in Orchestra: pt. 1. The teaching of music. A pedagogical model for beginning string class instruction : revisited Volume 2 of Teaching Music Through Performance in Orchestra, Teaching Music Through Performance in Orchestra. G I A Publications, Incorporated. p. 227. ISBN 1579992773.
- ↑ Laycock, Mark (2017). "Rehearsal and Performance Guide: Holst's Brook Green Suite". American String Teacher. 67 (3). doi:10.1177/000313131706700304.
