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References
- ↑ "Love and Marriage", Carl Nielsen Society. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
- ↑ "Symphonic Suite Opus 8", Piano Works, Carl Nielsen Edition Archived 2010-04-09 at the Wayback Machine , Royal Danish Library. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
- ↑ "Nielsen: String Quartets Volume 1", Chandos Records Ltd, 1998.
- ↑ It seems more likely to have been published in 1902, despite the dedication. Consider http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno-buch?apm=0&aid=1000001&bd=0001902&teil=0203&seite=00000107&zoom=2.
- ↑ Keith Anderson, "Nielsen, C. String Quartets, Vol 2", Classics Online. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
- ↑ "Performances" Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine , Carl Nielsen Society. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
