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References
- ↑ Cookson, Michael. "Comparative Review of Recordings of Mendelssohn's Quartets" . Retrieved 2007-10-26.
- ↑ Todd, R. Larry (1991). Mendelssohn and His World. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. pp. 265–266. ISBN 0-691-09143-9.
