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- ↑ Richard Osborne: Rossini. London: Dent (1986), p. 179.
- ↑ Otello ossia L'Africano in Venezia, tragische Oper in drey Aufzügen von J. Rossini [sic], Klavierauszug (PDF). Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. p. 29.
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