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- ↑ Kirchenmusikalisches Jahrbuch: 34-35 Allgemeiner Cäcilien-Verband für Deutschland, Allgemeiner Cäcilien-Verband für die Länder der Deutschen Sprache, Görres-Gesellschaft zur Pflege der Wissenschaft - 1950
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