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- ↑ International Who's who in Music and Musicians' Directory. Melrose Press. 1988.
- ↑ "School of the Black And Red", by Andrew Underwood (1981); reset and updated by Peter Boon, Paul Middleton and Richard Wildman (2010)
- ↑ God be in my head – Choral works by Paul Edwards REGCD339
- ↑ No Small Wonder, Music for Christmas and Remembrance by Paul Edwards; The Concord Singers, 2001, LAMM 139D
- ↑ Charlotte Fone in interview with Paul Edwards in Two Countries: One Heart. A collection of essays about Slovak and British music; BHS, Bedford Charity, 2005
