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References
- Hughes, Charles William. American Hymns Old and New: Notes on the Hymns and Biographies of the Authors and Composers. New York: Columbia University Press, 1980.
- "John Edgar Gould", Hymntime
- Hymn Studies Blog, Aug. 30, 2008
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