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- ↑ Paul Kildea (28 January 2013). Benjamin Britten: A Life in the Twentieth Century. Penguin Books Limited. ISBN 978-0-14-192430-4.
- ↑ David Rowland; Mervyn Cooke (28 June 1999). The Cambridge Companion to Benjamin Britten. Cambridge University Press. p. 33. ISBN 978-0-521-57476-1.
- 1 2 3 John Bridcut (30 October 2012). Essential Britten: A Pocket Guide for the Britten Centenary. Faber & Faber. ISBN 978-0-571-29074-1.
- ↑ David Matthews (15 October 2013). Britten: Centenary Edition. Haus Publishing. p. 141. ISBN 978-1-908323-41-5.
