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- ↑ ‘LeFANU, Prof. Nicola Frances’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; online edn, Nov 2012, accessed 24 Dec 2012
- ↑ University of York Department of Music "LeFanu archive". music.york.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 10 February 2008. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ↑ Additional biographical details from programme note to Purcell Room concert 1 March 2007
- ↑ Purcell Room programme note 1 Mar 2007
- ↑ Purcell Room programme note for the concert on 1 March 2007, the first public performance of the Songs; they had first been sung (in private) at Jane's 70th birthday party. Jane Darwin is the mother of novelist Emma Darwin and soprano Carola Darwin, who sang Songs for Jane on both occasions.
- ↑ Nicola LeFanu: The Crimson Bird , NMC D255 (2020).
- ↑ The Path Above the Dunes: Chamber music by Nicola LeFanu , Divine Art MEX 77112 (2024)
- ↑ Mandala 3, Gemini Ensemble, MSV 28565 (2017)
