Notes, references and sources
Notes
- ↑ The volumes run, respectively, to 646 and 677 pages. [6]
- ↑ The BBC maintains an archive of the 297 programme listings. [9]
- ↑ His sponsors were Madeleine Milhaud, Henri Dutilleux and Pierre Boulez.
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