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- ↑ "Sept papillons - Works for cello by Kaija Saariaho". www.karttunen.org. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ↑ "5 Minutes That Will Make You Love the Cello". The New York Times. 3 June 2020. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ↑ "Kaija Saariaho's Music of Color and Density". San Francisco Classical Voice. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ↑ Donaldson, James (2021). "Melody on the Threshold in Spectral Music". Music Theory Online. 27 (2). doi: 10.30535/mto.27.2.9 . S2CID 243994786.
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