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Adapted from an essay by Juan Allende-Blin in the booklet notes of Cybele SACD 160.403.
- ↑ Jean-Marc Chouraqui, Gilles Dorival, Colette Zytnicki, Enjeux d'Histoire, Jeux de Mémoire: les Usages du Passé Juif, Maisonneuve & Larose, 2006, p. 548
- ↑ "Erich Itor Kahn Is Dead at 50; Pianist With Chamber Groups" New York Times (March 6, 1956)
