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- ↑ "Schapira, Claire (1946)", Centre de documentation de la musique contemporaine (Cdmc)
- ↑ "Claire Schapira (biography, works, resources)" (in French and English). IRCAM.
- ↑ Overhauser, Catherine (1984). Zaimont, Judith Lang; Gottlieb, Jane (eds.). The Musical Woman: An International Perspective. Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313235870.[ page needed ]
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