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- ↑ Mathias Breitschaft Archived 2007-06-09 at the Wayback Machine Hochschule für Musik Mainz, accessdate 18 December 2017
- ↑ Heinz Heckwolf on dombauverein-mainz
- ↑ Tobias Blum. "Karsten Storck wird neuer Domkapellmeister in Mainz; Since 2005 Mainzer Domkantor und Leiter des Mädchenchores am Dom und St. Quintin" (in German). Bistum Mainz. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
- ↑ Kardinal Lehmann würdigte Mathias Breitschaft Mainzer Bistumsnachrichten Nr. 18, 19 May 2010
- ↑ Gutenberg-Plakette für den Mainzer Domkapellmeister Mathias Breitschaft
