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- ↑ Interview, BBC Radio 3 Music Matters, 10 October 2009
- ↑ Peter Maxwell Davies: Naxos Quartet No.4 - Children's Games (Score) at Musicroom.com - Sheet Music & Songbooks. Musicroom.com. Retrieved on 2010-07-23.
- ↑ MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Naxos Quartets Nos. 5 and 6 (Maggini Quartet) - 8.557398. Naxos.com. Retrieved on 2010-07-23.
- ↑ MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Naxos Quartets Nos. 7 and 8 (Maggini Quartet) - 8.557399. Naxos.com. Retrieved on 2010-07-23.
- ↑ Maxwell Davies and the String Quartet, ''Composition Today'' website. Compositiontoday.com. Retrieved on 2010-07-23.
