sheet music

noun

1. music printed on unbound sheets of paper.

sheet music

noun

1. the printed or written copy of a short composition or piece, esp in the form of unbound leaves

2. music in its written or printed form

Word History and Origins

Origin of sheet music¹

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

They initially set up the business in a converted garage behind their Brentwood home, selling and renting curated editions of Schoenberg’s sheet music for performances.

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The sheet music was kept at his family's music production company - which burnt down in the Pacific Palisades neighbourhood last week.

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But as Jenkins notes, only the compositions — what appears on the sheet music — and not any particular recordings are entering the public domain.

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With the orchestra unobstructed by sheet music, the actor explains "it feels really connected on stage."

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The manuscript includes the world’s oldest-surviving sheet music from Barbados, capturing voices of enslaved people working in the sugar plantations.

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Related Words

• songbook