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music stand

n
(Music, other) a frame, usually of wood or metal, upon which a musical score or orchestral part is supported
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Noun1.music stand - a light stand for holding sheets of printed musicmusic stand - a light stand for holding sheets of printed music
rack, stand - a support for displaying various articles; "the newspapers were arranged on a rack"
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Translations
stojan na noty

music stand

nleggio
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References in classic literature ?
Determined to interrupt the TETE-E-TETE, I rose, and, selecting a piece of music from the music stand, stepped up to the piano, intending to ask the lady to play it; but I stood transfixed and speechless on seeing her seated there, listening, with what seemed an exultant smile on her flushed face to his soft murmurings, with her hand quietly surrendered to his clasp.
Keen violinist and pianist Ruth Lacey has designed a portable lighting system for a music stand after realising that many instrumentalists have difficulty reading music in badly lit orchestra pits.
Both Terry Grimley in The Post and Michael Foster in the CBSO Music Stand, speak of the third great choral work, The Kingdom, which is not included in the 2003/4 listing.
Birmingham Symphonic Winds certainly know how to celebrate - party poppers and bubbles for the audience, singing from the band and a presentation music stand for Musical Director Keith Allen, conducting and compering with his usual indefatigable energy.
The use of a music stand all night merely served to hide her face from us.
He had very little alternative: the score on his music stand, which he had been handed only shortly before curtain-up, was not Die Fledermaus but Orpheus in the Underworld, received hot-foot by last-minute delivery by rights holder Josef Weinberger.
Edward Wickham and The Clerks' Group have reached an interesting level of authenticity with their first few public performances of 15th century polythony performed much as at the time of composition, the singers gathered round a single music stand, readi ng from facsimiles of the original manuscript, in choirbook notation.
The set, complete with the conductor's music stand making 22 pieces in all, sold spot on its presale estimate for PS7,000.
The concert experience at ECRC is enhanced by the informative and lively discussion, Behind the Music Stand, led by audience favorite Dr.
All you need to bring is a music stand and/or memory stick with backing tracks and, of course, your instrument if you play one.