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- ↑ Hixon, Donald L.; Hennessee, Don A. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
- ↑ International Who's who in Music and Musicians' Directory. Melrose Press. 1975. ISBN 9780900332319.
- ↑ Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.
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