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References
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- ↑ Waugh, Alexander (2009). The House of Wittgenstein, New York: Doubleday, pp. 279, 292
- ↑ Thackeray, Ruth (1978). "Music in London: Orchestral". The Musical Times. 119 (1629). The Musical Times, Vol. 119, No. 1629: 975–977. doi:10.2307/960161. JSTOR 960161.
- ↑ Robinson, Suzanne (1997). "'An English Composer Sees America': Benjamin Britten and the North American Press, 1939–42". American Music. 15 (3). American Music, Vol. 15, No. 3: 321–351. doi:10.2307/3052328. JSTOR 3052328.
- ↑ Robert Matthew-Walker: Notes to Hyperion CD CDA67625 (2008)
- ↑ Salter, Lionel (1994). "Book Reviews". The Musical Times. 119 (2): 268–297. JSTOR 964627.
- ↑ Henderson, Lyn (January 1987). "His Influence on Britten: The Vital Prokofiev". The Musical Times. 128 (1727): 24–25. doi:10.2307/1004703. JSTOR 1004703.
- ↑ Mark, Christopher (1994). "Britten and the Circle of Fifths". Journal of the Royal Musical Association. 119 (2): 268–297. doi:10.1093/jrma/119.2.268. JSTOR 766522.
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- Mitchell, Donald; Reed, Philip, eds. (1991). Letters from a Life: Selected Letters and Diaries of Benjamin Britten, Vol 2, 1939–45. London: Faber and Faber. ISBN 0-571-16058-1.
