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- ↑ Rosen, David in Sadie, Stanley, ed. (1992). The New Grove Dictionary of Opera . Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-522186-2., vol. 4, p.42.
- ↑ Messa da Requiem for the Anniversary of the Death of Manzoni, 22 May 1874, by Giuseppe Verdi, University of Chicago Press
- ↑ Verdi: Requiem, Cambridge University Press (Cambridge Music Handbooks)
- ↑ Budden, Julian (1981). The Operas of Verdi, Volume 3. London: Cassell. ISBN 0-304-30740-8., p. 25.
- ↑ Un Ballo in Maschera di Giuseppe Verdi, Ricordi
