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Inline citations
- ↑ Julie Anne Sadie, Rhian Samuel, The Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers, pg. 374, MacMillan Press (1995)
- ↑ Leonard Feather and Ira Gitler, The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz pg. 114 (Bob Carter), Oxford University Press (1999)
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- ↑ Kosovsky, Bob (5 Oct 2000). "Re: David Bispham Memorial Medal". OPERA-L Archives. Retrieved 23 Feb 2018.
- ↑ Hipsher, Edward Ellsworth (1934). "American Opera and Its Composers". The Internet Archive. p. 296. Retrieved 23 Feb 2018.
- ↑ Membership Handbook for the American Opera Society of Chicago, "David Bispham Medal Awardees." The archives of the American Opera Society of Chicago, Inc. are on file in the Newberry Library, Chicago, as part of their permanent records.
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- ↑ The Los Angeles Jazz Institute official website
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