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- ↑ "List of Compositions for String Sextet." International Music Score Library Project. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- ↑ "Composer Luke Cissell Makes an Arresting Musical Statement with 'String Sextets Nos 1 & 2', PopMatters". 21 June 2019.
- ↑ See Edition Silvertrust, also Brown: Louis Spohr, a Critical Biography.
- ↑ Charleswuorinen.com