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- 1 2 Dietz, Dan (2021). "Somewhere Else". The Complete Book of 1910s Broadway Musicals. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 201–202. ISBN 9781538150283.
- ↑ Ewen, David (1977). All the years of American popular music. Prentice Hall. p. 205. ISBN 9780130224422.
- ↑ Salem, James M. (1991). "Somewhere Else". A Guide to Critical Reviews: The musical, 1909-1989., Third Edition. Scarecrow Press. p. 453.
