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- ↑ Joanne Sheehy Hoover, revised by Megan E. Hill, "New York Woodwind Quintet," Grove Music Online, ed. Deane Root. Accessed December 29, 2024.
- ↑ Likar, Amy L., "The New York Woodwind Quintet: A Continuing Legacy," DMA dissertation, Ohio State University, 1999, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1261061176. Accessed December 29, 2024.
- ↑ "New York Woodwind Quintet". Discogs .
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