<s>
MagicScore	B-Application
is	O
a	O
music	O
notation	O
and	O
composition	O
software	O
product	O
for	O
PCs	O
running	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
MagicScore	B-Application
was	O
created	O
in	O
2000	O
by	O
a	O
small	O
group	O
of	O
software	O
developers	O
to	O
serve	O
as	O
an	O
entry-level	O
music	O
notation	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MagicScore	B-Application
also	O
provided	O
an	O
instrument	O
list	O
with	O
a	O
simple	O
audio	O
mixer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2003	O
software	O
developer	O
Dmitriy	O
Golovanov	O
met	O
with	O
Sergey	O
Samokhin	O
,	O
the	O
main	O
developer	O
of	O
the	O
MagicScore	B-Application
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
this	O
meeting	O
it	O
was	O
decided	O
that	O
Golovanov	O
's	O
company	O
DGSoftware	O
would	O
distribute	O
the	O
program	O
under	O
the	O
new	O
company	O
name	O
of	O
MagicScore	B-Application
Music	B-Application
Software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
public	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
MagicScore	B-Application
was	O
in	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
came	O
in	O
two	O
different	O
versions	O
,	O
MagicScore	B-Application
Maestro	O
and	O
MagicScore	B-Application
Standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	O
the	O
company	O
released	O
MagicScore	B-Application
v4	O
that	O
included	O
a	O
redesigned	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
new	O
version	O
,	O
MagicScore	B-Application
Maestro	O
5	O
,	O
received	O
the	O
PC	O
Magazine	O
Product	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
Award	O
for	O
Multimedia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
MagicScore	B-Application
's	O
developers	O
began	O
to	O
reach	O
out	O
to	O
other	O
music	O
experts	O
and	O
consultants	O
from	O
mostly	O
European	O
countries	O
including	O
Switzerland	O
,	O
Germany	O
,	O
Finland	O
,	O
Ukraine	O
,	O
Russia	O
,	O
and	O
Moldova	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
6	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2008	O
with	O
numerous	O
feature	O
enhancements	O
and	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
a	O
free	O
version	O
,	O
MagicScore	B-Application
Print	O
Sheet	O
Music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2009	O
brought	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
largest	O
upgrades	O
to	O
MagicScore	B-Application
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Music	O
Notation	O
for	O
MS	O
Word	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
flagship	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
,	O
MagicScore	B-Application
Maestro	O
,	O
received	O
first	O
place	O
and	O
Gold	O
awards	O
from	O
the	O
independent	O
music	O
notation	O
software	O
review	O
site	O
,	O
TopTenReviews.com,	O
while	O
in	O
2011	O
and	O
2012	O
MagicScore	B-Application
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
took	O
part	O
in	O
Musik	O
Messe	O
(	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
two	O
largest	O
music	O
product	O
exhibitions	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
Music	O
Messe	O
2012	O
MagicScore	B-Application
Music	B-Application
Software	I-Application
announced	O
a	O
new	O
company	O
name	O
and	O
the	O
newly	O
named	O
Maestro	O
family	O
of	O
music	O
notation	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MagicScore	B-Application
Music	B-Application
Software	I-Application
is	O
now	O
an	O
integrated	O
part	O
of	O
Maestro	O
Music	B-Application
Software	I-Application
but	O
the	O
company	O
continues	O
development	O
of	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
MagicScore	B-Application
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MagicScore	B-Application
and	O
Maestro	O
use	O
the	O
same	O
file	O
format	O
and	O
are	O
fully	O
compatible	O
with	O
each	O
other	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
incorporation	O
of	O
MagicScore	B-Application
into	O
Maestro	O
Composer	O
the	O
company	O
has	O
stopped	O
development	O
of	O
MagicScore	B-Application
Classic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2013	O
Maestro	O
Music	B-Application
Software	I-Application
released	O
MSS	O
Guitar	O
–	O
the	O
guitar	O
tablature	O
and	O
notation	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MagicScore	B-Application
Chords	O
!	O
</s>
