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- ↑ Griffel, Margaret Ross (2012). Operas in English: A Dictionary, p. 77. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0810883252
- ↑ Chicago Tribune (18 February 1971). "Illini Festival Set", Section 2, p. 2-13
- ↑ Columbia University Libraries. Ulysses Kay: The Capitoline Venus. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
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