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- 1 2 Jürgen Schaarwächter. Two Centuries of British Symphonism , Vol 1, pp.43-45
- ↑ Egon Wellesz and F W Sternfeld. 'The Early Symphony', in The New Oxford History of Music, Vol. 7 (1973), p. 430
- ↑ 18th Century British Symphonies , The Hanover Band, ASV CD GAU 216 (2001)
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