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- ↑ Neil Butterworth (2005). Dictionary of American Classical Composers. Taylor & Francis. pp. 514–515.
- ↑ Howard Hanson: In Theory and Practice, by Allen Laurence Cohen, pg. 14, Praeger (2004) OCLC 52559264 ISBN 9780313321351
- ↑ "Will Gay Bottje". American Composers Alliance.
- ↑ The Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music: Composers and Their Music, Volume 1. Integrity Press. 1991. p. 94.
