sheet music
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In the home, a rich family might have one of the new phonographs that played music stored on wax cylinders, but most families were still making their own music, using sheet music or songbooks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026
In the 19th century, a song that sold 2,000-5,000 copies of sheet music could be considered a hit; a blockbuster moved 10,000-20,000.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026
This time, Turner didn’t want the sheet music, just a recording of the familiar theme song.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025
Some singers bring sheet music, others chord charts.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025
Soon the father came with the music stand, the mother with the sheet music, and the sister with the violin.
From "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka
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