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Name	Sibelius Score
Version	2020.3-2022.5
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Identifiers	MIME: application/x-sibelius-score Library of Congress Format Description Identifier: fdd000609 PUID: fmt/1989
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Description	The Sibelius Score is a music notation format a digital representation of sheet music. Sibelius software is a WYSIWYG scorewriter program, it allows for the creation and editing of music scores and the .sib file is it's native format. Sibelius is the name of a series of applications for music typesetting, was originally developed for the Acorn system (RISC 0S) in 1986, then released on Windows and Macintosh in 1998-99. In 2006 it was purchased by AVID. The software is commonly used by composers, arrangers, performers, music publishers, teachers and students, particularly for writing classical, jazz, band, vocal, film and television music.
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Related file formats	Has priority over Sibelius Is subsequent version of Sibelius Score (2020.1)
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Developed by	Sibelius Music
Supported by	Avid
Source	Brigham Young University / Brigham Young University
Source date	18 Apr 2024
Source description
Last updated	18 Apr 2024
Note	https://preservation.tylerthorsted.com/2024/04/12/sibelius/ https://wiki.dpconline.org/images/d/d9/Sibelius_Assessment_v1.0.pdf http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/Sibelius https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000609.shtml