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- ↑ Kennedy, Michael; Kennedy, Joyce Bourne (2007), "Handel Opera", The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/acref/9780199203833.001.0001, ISBN 978-0-19-920383-3 , retrieved 2024-03-12
- ↑ Kennedy, Joyce; Kennedy, Michael; Rutherford-Johnson, Tim, eds. (2013-05-21), "Farncombe, Charles Frederick", The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/acref/9780199578108.001.0001, ISBN 978-0-19-957810-8 , retrieved 2024-03-12
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