Relationship between Lagrangian and Energy

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I know that, for time-independent potentials, we have E=sum (Vi*partial dL/dVi) - L
What if one or more of the potentials are time-dependent?
Is the relationship between energy and the lagrangian then "total dE/dt = - partial dL/dt "?
 
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Thank you! Would you happen to know of any textbooks where this is derived? I have the Landau and Lifgarbagez "Mechanics" one and they do not do so.