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- ↑ "Category:Bottarelli, Giovanni Gualberto - IMSLP: Free Sheet Music PDF Download". imslp.org. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
- ↑ Bottarelli, Giovan Gualberto (1765). Il ré pastore. = The royal shepherd. London: printed for G. Woodfall, at Charing-Cross.
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