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- ↑ Hodgett, Trevor: "Nielsen, Mike", in: The Encyclopaedia of Music in Ireland, ed. by Harry White and Barra Boydell (Dublin: UCD Press, 2013), p. 737.
- ↑ "DIT, Conservatory of Music and Drama, Mike Nielsen Biography". Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
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