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- 1 2 Zachary Woolfe (October 24, 2014). "Shadowed, Clamoring, Blurry. And With Reason". The New York Times . Retrieved February 25, 2017.
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- 1 2 Ryan Kost (February 20, 2017). "Composer Ted Hearne sets Chelsea Manning's leaks to music". San Francisco Chronicle . Retrieved February 25, 2017.
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- ↑ Jeff Lunden (October 25, 2014). "Oratorio Tackles the Issue of Leaks from The Source". NPR . Retrieved February 25, 2017.
- ↑ Zachary Woolfe (December 11, 2014). "The Best Classical Vocal Performances of 2014". The New York Times . Retrieved February 25, 2017.
- ↑ Zachary Woolfe (February 21, 2017). "A Chelsea Manning-WikiLeaks Opera, Seen in a New Light". The New York Times . Retrieved February 25, 2017.
- ↑ "LA Opera to Stage Ted Hearne's The Source This Fall". BroadwayWorld . September 15, 2016. Retrieved February 25, 2017.
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