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Vinay, Gianfranco, Philippe
Gontier, and Marylène Raiola. 2000. "La construction de l'arche invisible: Salvatore Sciarrino à propos de dramaturgie et de son théâtre musical".
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Bartolini, Donatella. 1999. "La genialità ? Il segreto è nell'universo infantile: Intervista a
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Helgeson, Aaron. 2013. "What Is
Phenomenological Music, and What Does It Have to Do with Salvatore Sciarrino?"
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Carapezza, Paolo Emilio. 1989. "De musices novissimae extremis elementis (Sciarrino, Donatoni)". In
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Vidolin, Alvise. 1996. "I suoni di sintesi nel "Perseo e Andromeda" di Salvatore Sciarrino". In
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Zavagna, P., A. Provaglio, Salvatore Sciarrino, and Alvise Vidolin. 1991. "
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Sciarrino, Salvatore. 2000. Après "Giovanna d'Arco": Deux réflexions. In
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