sheet music

noun

: music printed on large unbound sheets of paper

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The National Museum of American History holds the sheet music for the song and a wide selection of items that trace Sinatra’s long career and his fascinating life. Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025 Copyrights protect the music and there are two types for songs: the musical composition (lyrics, sheet music and melody) and the sound recordings (studio recordings or masters). Bryan West, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025 That cherished stash of albums, tapes, videos, books and sheet music is believed to be one of the largest private collections of classical piano music, FIU’s CARTA Dean Brian Schriner believes. Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025 Researchers trawling through libraries and archives stumbled onto an early ghost story by Dracula author Bram Stoker, a 12-minute composition written by a teenage Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and 800 pages of sheet music from George Gershwin’s first full-length musical. Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for sheet music

Word History

First Known Use

1852, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sheet music was in 1852

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“Sheet music.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sheet%20music. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.

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sheet music

noun
: music printed on unbound sheets of paper
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