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- ↑ The Hofkapelle was the central ecclesiastical institution of the imperial court, not to be confused with the later usage of the word which meant "court orchestra".
- ↑ Tyler, J. Jeffery. Lord of the Sacred City: The Episcopus Exclusus in Late Medieval and Early Modern Germany, Boston. BRILL, 1999, p. 80 ISBN 9789004111202
