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- ↑ "13 Poems For a Bernstein Songfest" by Paul Hume, The Washington Post , October 9, 1997
- ↑ "Review: Colburn's SongFest brings fervor to Bernstein's Songfest" by Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times , July 15, 2013
