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- ↑ Whitehouse, Richard. "About this Recording 8.557052 – PENDERECKI: Sextet / Clarinet Quartet / Cello Divertimento". Naxos Digital Services. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
- ↑ "Prelude for solo clarinet". Nadorowy Instytut Audiowizualny. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bylander, Cindy. Krzysztof Penderecki : a bio-bibliography. Westport: Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. ISBN 0-313-25658-6.
- ↑ "Blue" Gene Tyranny. "Krzysztof Penderecki Prelude for clarinet solo in B flat major". Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
- ↑ "PENDERECKI: Sextet / Clarinet Quartet / Cello Divertimento". Naxos Digital Services. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
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