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- 1 2 "Union Grand-Duc Adolphe", Luxemburger Lexikon, Editions Guy Binsfeld, Luxembourg, 2006. (in German)
- 1 2 3 "Union Grand-Duc Adolphe: Verbandsgeschichte" Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine , UGDA. (in German) Retrieved 9 January 2011.
- ↑ "Ecole de Musique de l'UGDA", UGDA. (in French) Retrieved 9 January 2011.
