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- ↑ "Frederick Renz Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic .
- ↑ Boston Globe, 17-Oct-1960, Cyrus Durgin, "New York Pro Musica heard in Mason series"
- ↑ "10 of Pro Musica's Instruments Stolen". The New York Times. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
- ↑ "PRO MUSD GIVES ITS LAST CONCERT". The New York Times. 1974-05-17. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2023-10-04.
- Paul C. Echols. "Early-music revival". The New Grove Dictionary of American Music, Volume II: E-K. pp. 2–6.
