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- ↑ see Caemmerer 1987 and Schütze 2010
- ↑ See Caemmerer 1987 and 1998, Aikin 2002
- ↑ See Schütze 2010 and Kaminski 2010
- ↑ Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Seelewig" . L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
- ↑ Seelewig CPO recording, includes essay by Johan van Veen, musicweb-international.com
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