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- ↑ University of Colorado at Boulder
- 1 2 International Leo Kestenberg Society
- ↑ Boston Symphony Orchestra (1963) p. 133
- ↑ Bernstein (1966)
- ↑ Shulgold (12 June 1996)
- ↑ Chiharra (2005)
- ↑ Shulgold (22 June 2006)
- ↑ Unless otherwise indicated, this list is based on Blotner (1983) and may not be complete.
- ↑ Sigma Alpha Iota (1958) p. 72