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- ↑ "Calliope To Offer Concert". Reading Eagle. 1977-07-31. p. 68.
They won the Naumburg Chamber Music Award in 1975.
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- ↑ Library of Congress recording record
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Digital stereo sound provides Calliope with a rewarding balance between spaciousness and detail (Nonesuch)
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