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References
- ↑ Andrea Olmstead, Roger Sessions: A Biography (New York: Routledge, 2008): 358.
- 1 2 Roger Sessions, Symphony No. 6 (Bryn Mawr, PA: Merion Music, Inc., 1975): 1.
- ↑ Andrea Olmstead, "Roger Sessions Symphonies 6, 7 & 9", booklet accompanying CD recording, Roger Sessions Symphonies 6, 7 & 9, 3–5. Argo 444 519-2 (London: The Decca Record Company Limited, 1995): 3.
- ↑ "News Section". Tempo . New Series (121): 49. June 1977. ISSN 0040-2982. OCLC 1767255.; Andrea Olmstead, Roger Sessions: A Biography (New York: Routledge, 2008): 347, 357. ISBN 978-0-415-97713-5 (cloth); ISBN 978-0-415-97714-2 (pbk); ISBN 978-0-203-93147-9 (ebook). However, an anonymous item, "Concerts Mark Sessions' 70th", in Billboard (December 24, 1966): 41, states "Last month [i.e., November 1966], the first complete performance of his 'Symphony No. 6' was given by the New Jersey Symphony."
- ↑ Richard Swift (December 1976). "Symphony no. 6 (1966) by Roger Sessions; Symphony no. 8, op. 106 by Vincent Persichetti". Notes. Second Series. 33 (2): 406–407. doi:10.2307/897603. ISSN 0027-4380. JSTOR 897603. OCLC 45595520.(subscription required)
- ↑ Symphony No. 6: Roger Sessions: Rental (Bryn Mawr, PA: Theodore Presser Co.)
- ↑ "Track listing for the Argo Recording of Symphonies 6, 7 and 9" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February 10, 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2009.
- ↑ Opening is quoted as example 7 in Imbrie. Imbrie, Andrew (1972). "The Symphonies of Roger Sessions". Tempo. New Series (103): 24–32. ISSN 0040-2982. JSTOR 943951. OCLC 1767255.(subscription required)
- ↑ Andrea Olmstead, Roger Sessions: A Biography (New York: Routledge, 2012): 356. ISBN 9781135868925.
- ↑ Richard Swift, "Symphony no. 6 (1966) by Roger Sessions; Symphony no. 8, op. 106 by Vincent Persichetti", Notes (second series) 33, no. 2 [ full citation needed ]:406–407. Citation on 407.
