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- ↑ Andrew Stiller, "Hiller, Lejaren (Arthur)", Grove Music Online (reviewed December 3, 2010; accessed December 14, 2014).
- ↑ Denis L. Baggi, "The Role of Computer Technology in Music and Musicology Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine ", lim.dico.unimi.it (December 9, 1998).
- ↑ Lejaren A. Hiller and Leonard M. Isaacson, Experimental Music: Composition With an Electronic Computer , second edition (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1959): 5–7. Reprinted, Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1979. ISBN 978-0-313-22158-3.
