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- ↑ Tad Margelli, The Paris Conservatoire Concours Oboe Solos: The Gillet Years (1882-1919) Archived 2014-04-21 at the Wayback Machine , IDRS Journal 24, pp. 41-55
- ↑ John Canarina, Pierre Monteux, Maître, Amadeus Press, 2003, p. 46
- 1 2 Speyer, Louis Marius on the Boston Symphony Orchestra Principal Musicians web page
- ↑ D. Kern Holoman, Charles Munch, Oxford University Press, 2012, p. 131
- ↑ "Boston Symphony Orchestra concert program, 94th season (1974-1975)".
- ↑ Harry Halbreich, Arthur Honegger: Un musicien dans la cité des hommes, translated by Roger Hichols, Amadeus Press, Portland, 1999, ISBN 1574670417, pp.194-200