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- ↑ "Fachgebiet Audiokommunikation: Elektronisches Studio" . Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ↑ "Sound Studies and Sonic Arts (Master of Arts) – Universität der Künste Berlin" . Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ↑ "Volker Straebel Named Dean of The Herb Alpert School of Music and Richard Seaver Distinguished Chair in Music at California Institute of the Arts". CalArts. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
- ↑ Berliner Festspiele. "MaerzMusik – John Cage / Joan La Barbara" (in German).
- ↑ "Aachen: Europeras / Online Musik Magazin".
- ↑ "Urban Circus on Berlin Alexanderplatz: Performance: Das Schicksal rasselt mit dem Schlüsselbund" (in German).
