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- ↑ "Wenzel Matiegka". www.guitaronline.it. Archived from the original on 2004-07-08.
- ↑ Sackville-West, Edward; Shawe-Taylor, Desmond (1953). The Record Year: A Guide to the Year's Gramophone Records, Including a Complete Guide to Long Playing Records. Collins. p. 240.
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