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- ↑ Hawkins, John (1776 1963). A General History of the Science and Practice of Music. New York: Dover, 826
- ↑ Newspaper references are taken from Computer Register of Musical Data in London Newspapers, 1660-1800, edited by Professor Rosamund McGuinness, and held at Royal Holloway, University of London
- ↑ Dawe, Donovan (1993). Organists of the City of London 1666-1850. Padstow: Dawe, 143-44. ISBN 0-9509064-0-9
- ↑ Holman, Peter & Maunder, Richard, "The Accompaniment of Concertos in 18th-century England", Early Music 28 (4): 637-650, ISSN 0306-1078
