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- 1 2 Biography from Allmusic, by Joseph Stephenson
- 1 2 University of Michigan faculty biography
- ↑ The Complete Collaborator: The Pianist as Partner. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. 2009-06-01. ISBN 978-0-19-536795-9.
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