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- ↑ Karl Doktor on Discogs
- ↑ Marc Vignal (2005). Dictionnaire de la musique (in French). Paris: Éditions Larousse. p. 824. ISBN 2-03-505545-8. OCLC 896013420. Vignal2005.
- 1 2 Philip 2001
- ↑ Marlboro School of Music Home page
- ↑ Obituary on the NYT (5 June 1975)
