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In the nineteenth century, consumers bought sheet music to play at home, but if a work proved too vast or complex for a parlor spinet, orchestral performances provided the only way to absorb the period’s most crucial art form — and that required a container bigger even than a rich person’s home.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Oct. 2024
Pierce keeps playing the first two notes over and over again; his sheet music also looks like a Chinese takeout menu.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 8 July 2024
When woodwind and brass players gathered at London’s AIR Studios Lyndhurst (a deconsecrated Victorian church that producer George Martin turned into a top-notch recording facility in 1992) in late April to record part of its score, the TV show’s name was markedly absent from the sheet music.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 19 Aug. 2024
This performance instruction was even written directly in the conductors’ and performers’ sheet music.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 1 Aug. 2024
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First Known Use
1852, in the meaning defined above
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“Sheet music.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sheet%20music. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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sheet music
noun
: music printed on unbound sheets of paper
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