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- ↑ In 1975, the composer began work on a Flute sonata that was unfinished at the time of his death.
- ↑ Sorrels 2018 , p. 9
- ↑ Burns 2004 , p. 3
- ↑ Quinn 2005
- ↑ Huss 2013 , p. 153
- ↑ Huss 2013 , pp. 153–154
- ↑ Anon. 1999 , p. 2
- ↑ Razey 2018 , p. 53
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