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- 1 2 Grove, George (1907). A Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Volume III. Stanford Univefsity. p. 420.
- ↑ Ohlsson, Eric Paul. "The quintets for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven". The Ohio State University ProQuest Dissertations Publishing. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ↑ "Trio for Two Oboes and English Horn, Op. 87 (Ludwig van Beethoven)". LA Phil . Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ↑ "BEETHOVEN / WRANITZKY: Oboe Trios - 8.554550 | Discover more releases from Naxos". Naxos record. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ↑ "Beethoven - Trio for 2 Oboes and English Horn in C Major, Op. 87". Performers Edition. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
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