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- ↑ Stevenson, Robert. Music in Aztec & Inca Territory. University of California Press. p. 169.
- ↑ O'Hara, Matthew D. (2010). A Flock Divided: Race, Religion, and Politics in Mexico, 1749–1857. Duke University Press. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-8223-4639-5.
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