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References
- ↑ Los Angeles Times Grammy Winners Database. Accessed 27 December 2007.
- ↑ 'Classical Grammy Nominations' WNYC Radio, February 2003. Accessed 27 December 2007.
- ↑ "40th Faculty Excellence Awards Honors Outstanding Teaching, Research and Service". ucsdnews.ucsd.edu.
- ↑ Varga, George (December 6, 2020). "Pulitzer Prize, Library of Congress induction and Grammy nomination cap banner year for San Diego musicians". The San Diego Union-Tribune . Retrieved January 1, 2021.
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- Peter Dickinson, Review: George Crumb - Star-Child, Mundus Canis, 3 Early Songs, Gramophone , April, 2000. Accessed 27 December 2007 (registration required).
- Anthony Tommasini, '6 Characters in Search of a Dimension, in Different Operatic Tempos' (Review of the New York stage premiere Elliott Carter's What Next?, New York Times , December 10, 2007. Accessed 27 December 2007.
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