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- ↑ Webber, Geoffrey. North German Church Music in the Age of Buxtehude. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
- ↑ "Gonville & Caius Fellow and Precentor resigns following 'inappropriate behaviour' toward student". Varsity Online. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
- ↑ "Geoffrey Webber - Discography" . Retrieved 19 August 2020.
