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- Notes
- ↑ Edition Compusic 1988
- 1 2 Cobbett 1930 , p. 208
- 1 2 3 Dibble 1987 , p. 3
- References
- Nonet, Op. 70 for flute, oboe, cor anglais, 2 clarinets, 2 horns and 2 bassoons. Edition Compusic. 1988.
- Cobbett, Walter Willson (1930). Cobbett's cyclopedic survey of chamber music. Vol. 2. Oxford University Press.
- Dibble, Jeremy (1987). Parry & Stanford: Nonets (PDF) (CD). Hyperion Records. CDA66291.
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