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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
With no musicians left in the dozens of seats, Beck wandered the stage, played various instruments left behind, including a four-foot-wide gong, and gave away the contrabassoon’s sheet music to the front row.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2024
One is reading sheet music; the other, improvising a jazz solo.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 18 July 2024
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Word History
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 5 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
sheet music
noun
: music printed on unbound sheets of paper
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