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References
- Spink, Ian. 2001. "Lanier [Laniere, Laneare, Laneer, Lanyer, Lenear etc.]". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan Publishers.