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- ↑ Francesco Bellotto, Giovanni Simone Mayr 1997 p298 "Che il libretto del Demetrio incontrasse l'approvazione di Mayr è fuori discussione, sia per attestazioni documentarie in questo senso che per il semplice fatto che egli accettò di musicarlo"
- ↑ "Archivmusic review". Archived from the original on 2017-06-30. Retrieved 2017-06-07.
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