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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 King, Betty Nygaard. "Elliot Weisgarber".
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Elliot Weisgarber: Biography - Canadian Music Centre - Centre de Musique Canadienne".
- ↑ "SHEET MUSIC - Canadian Music Centre - Centre de Musique Canadienne".
- ↑ "Canadian Music Centre".
- 1 2 http://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/u_arch/weisgarber.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
- ↑ "Elliot Weisgarber catalog of works - Canadian Music Centre - Centre de Musique Canadienne".
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