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- ↑ Delaere, Marc (2006). Contemporary Music in the Low Countries, Rekkem, Ons Erfdeel vzw, p. 112-115. Rekkem: Ons Erfdeel vzw. pp. 112–115. ISBN 90-75862-87-3.
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