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References
- Notes
- 1 2 Brown & Warsop. Liner Notes to Marco Polo 8.225982
- ↑ See IMSLP.
- Sources
- Clive Brown & Keith Warsop. Liner Notes to String Quartets (Complete), Vol. 14 – Nos. 31 and 36.
- Potpourri No. 4 (Spohr) : Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
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