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References
- ↑ "Beethoven's Irish Songs". Beethoven's Irish Songs. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
- ↑ Cooper, Barry (1996). 'Beethoven’s Folksong Settings as Sources of Irish Folk Music' in Irish Musical Studies V. Dublin: Four Courts Press. p. 78.
