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- ↑ Risto Nieminen Ivan Fedele 1996, 95 pages. "Ivan Fedele, né à Lecce (au sud de l'Italie) en 1953, effectue ses études au conservatoire Giuseppe Verdi à Milan, ... L'œuvre d'Ivan Fedele, riche d'une cinquantaine de titres, comprend des compositions de tous les genres, ..."
- ↑ Piero Gelli, Filippo Poletti, (2007). Dizionario dell'opera 2008, p. 76.
- ↑ http://brahms.ircam.fr/composers/composer/1269/#works_by_genre
