<s>
Sibelius	B-Device
is	O
a	O
scorewriter	B-Application
program	O
developed	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Sibelius	B-Device
Software	I-Device
Limited	O
(	O
now	O
part	O
of	O
Avid	O
Technology	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
largest	O
selling	O
music	B-Application
notation	I-Application
program	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Less	O
advanced	O
versions	O
of	O
Sibelius	B-Device
at	O
lower	O
prices	O
have	O
been	O
released	O
,	O
as	O
have	O
various	O
add-ons	O
for	O
the	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Named	O
after	O
the	O
Finnish	O
composer	O
Jean	O
Sibelius	B-Device
,	O
the	O
company	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
April	O
1993	O
by	O
twin	O
brothers	O
Ben	O
and	O
Jonathan	O
Finn	O
to	O
market	O
the	O
eponymous	O
music	B-Application
notation	I-Application
program	I-Application
they	O
had	O
created	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
develop	O
and	O
distribute	O
various	O
other	O
music	B-Application
software	I-Application
products	O
,	O
particularly	O
for	O
education	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
its	O
head	O
office	O
in	O
Cambridge	O
and	O
subsequently	O
London	O
,	O
Sibelius	B-Device
Software	I-Device
opened	O
offices	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
,	O
Australia	O
and	O
Japan	O
,	O
with	O
distributors	O
and	O
dealers	O
in	O
many	O
other	O
countries	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2006	O
the	O
company	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Avid	O
,	O
to	O
become	O
part	O
of	O
its	O
Digidesign	O
division	O
,	O
which	O
also	O
manufactures	O
the	O
digital	B-General_Concept
audio	I-General_Concept
workstation	I-General_Concept
Pro	B-Application
Tools	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2012	O
,	O
Avid	O
announced	O
plans	O
to	O
divest	O
its	O
consumer	O
businesses	O
,	O
closed	O
the	O
Sibelius	B-Device
London	O
office	O
,	O
and	O
removed	O
the	O
original	O
development	O
team	O
,	O
despite	O
a	O
12,000	O
strong	O
Change.org	B-Application
'	O
Save	O
Sibelius	B-Device
 '	O
petition	O
spearheading	O
a	O
campaign	O
led	O
by	O
Derek	O
Williams	O
that	O
included	O
extensive	O
protests	O
on	O
Facebook	B-Application
and	O
elsewhere	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Avid	O
subsequently	O
recruited	O
some	O
new	O
programmers	O
to	O
continue	O
development	O
of	O
Sibelius	B-Device
,	O
and	O
Steinberg	O
hired	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
former	O
Sibelius	B-Device
team	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
competing	O
software	O
,	O
Dorico	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sibelius	B-Device
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
British	O
twins	O
Jonathan	O
and	O
Ben	O
Finn	O
for	O
the	O
Acorn	B-Device
Archimedes	I-Device
computer	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
'	O
Sibelius	B-Device
7	O
 '	O
,	O
not	O
as	O
a	O
version	O
number	O
,	O
but	O
reminiscent	O
of	O
Sibelius	B-Device
 '	O
Symphony	O
No	O
7	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Finns	O
said	O
they	O
could	O
not	O
remember	O
why	O
they	O
used	O
Jean	O
Sibelius	B-Device
 '	O
name	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
probably	O
because	O
he	O
was	O
also	O
‘	O
a	O
Finn	O
 '	O
(	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
in	O
assembly	B-Language
language	I-Language
on	O
the	O
RISC	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
started	O
in	O
1986	O
after	O
they	O
left	O
school	O
,	O
and	O
continued	O
while	O
they	O
were	O
at	O
Oxford	O
and	O
Cambridge	O
universities	O
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
required	O
considerably	O
less	O
than	O
1	O
MB	O
of	O
memory	O
(	O
as	O
its	O
files	O
only	O
occupied	O
a	O
few	O
KB	O
per	O
page	O
of	O
music	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
combination	O
of	O
assembly	B-Language
language	I-Language
and	O
the	O
Archimedes	B-Device
 '	O
ARM	O
processor	O
meant	O
that	O
it	O
ran	O
very	O
quickly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
unique	O
feature	O
of	O
the	O
Sibelius	B-Device
GUI	B-Application
at	O
that	O
time	O
was	O
the	O
ability	O
it	O
gave	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
drag	O
the	O
entire	O
score	O
around	O
with	O
the	O
mouse	O
,	O
offering	O
a	O
bird	O
's	O
eye	O
of	O
the	O
score	O
,	O
as	O
distinct	O
from	O
having	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
QWERTY	O
input	O
keyboard	O
arrow	O
keys	O
,	O
or	O
equivalent	O
,	O
to	O
scroll	O
the	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
ever	O
user	O
of	O
Sibelius	B-Device
was	O
the	O
composer	O
and	O
engraver	O
Richard	O
Emsley	O
,	O
who	O
provided	O
advice	O
on	O
music	B-Application
engraving	I-Application
prior	O
to	O
the	O
start	O
of	O
development	O
,	O
and	O
beta	O
tested	O
the	O
software	O
before	O
its	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
concert	O
performance	O
from	O
a	O
Sibelius	B-Device
score	O
was	O
of	O
an	O
orchestral	O
work	O
by	O
David	O
Robert	O
Coleman	O
,	O
copied	O
by	O
Emsley	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
score	O
published	O
using	O
Sibelius	B-Device
was	O
Antara	O
by	O
George	O
Benjamin	O
,	O
also	O
copied	O
by	O
Emsley	O
,	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Faber	O
Music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
killer	O
application	O
for	O
the	O
niche	O
Acorn	O
platform	O
,	O
Sibelius	B-Device
rapidly	O
dominated	O
the	O
UK	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
1998	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
for	O
Windows	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
'	O
Sibelius	B-Device
 '	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
version	O
number	O
reset	O
to	O
1.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scores	O
created	O
on	O
one	O
platform	O
could	O
be	O
opened	O
on	O
the	O
other	O
,	O
and	O
were	O
backward	B-General_Concept
compatible	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
produce	O
these	O
versions	O
,	O
the	O
software	O
was	O
completely	O
rewritten	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
while	O
retaining	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
's	O
functionality	O
and	O
user	O
interface	O
with	O
numerous	O
enhancements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Acorn	O
names	O
'	O
Sibelius	B-Device
6	O
 '	O
and	O
'	O
Sibelius	B-Device
7	O
 '	O
were	O
later	O
re-used	O
to	O
denote	O
versions	O
6	O
and	O
7	O
of	O
Sibelius	B-Device
for	O
Windows/Mac	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Releasing	O
Sibelius	B-Device
for	O
more	O
widely	O
available	O
computers	O
brought	O
it	O
to	O
a	O
worldwide	O
market	O
,	O
particularly	O
the	O
US	O
,	O
where	O
Sibelius	B-Device
Software	I-Device
had	O
opened	O
an	O
office	O
in	O
late	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
break-up	O
of	O
Acorn	O
Computers	O
shortly	O
after	O
Sibelius	B-Device
 '	O
Windows	O
release	O
,	O
no	O
further	O
Acorn	O
versions	O
were	O
developed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sibelius	B-Device
Software	I-Device
later	O
opened	O
an	O
office	O
in	O
Australia	O
,	O
also	O
serving	O
New	O
Zealand	O
,	O
where	O
Sibelius	B-Device
was	O
widely	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2006	O
,	O
Sibelius	B-Device
Software	I-Device
Ltd	I-Device
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Avid	O
Technology	O
,	O
an	O
American	O
manufacturer	O
of	O
software	O
and	O
hardware	O
for	O
audio	O
and	O
video	O
production	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Avid	O
continued	O
publishing	O
Sibelius	B-Device
as	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
notation	O
product	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
integrating	O
it	O
with	O
some	O
of	O
its	O
existing	O
software	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2012	O
,	O
Avid	O
announced	O
plans	O
to	O
divest	O
itself	O
of	O
its	O
other	O
consumer	O
businesses	O
,	O
closed	O
the	O
Sibelius	B-Device
London	O
office	O
,	O
and	O
laid	O
off	O
the	O
original	O
development	O
team	O
,	O
amid	O
an	O
outpouring	O
of	O
user	O
protest	O
,	O
then	O
recruited	O
a	O
new	O
team	O
of	O
programmers	O
to	O
continue	O
Sibelius	B-Device
development	O
in	O
Montreal	O
,	O
Canada	O
and	O
Kyiv	O
,	O
Ukraine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1986	O
:	O
Founders	O
Jonathan	O
and	O
Ben	O
Finn	O
start	O
designing	O
Sibelius	B-Device
7	O
for	O
Acorn	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1993	O
:	O
Sibelius	B-Device
Software	I-Device
founded	O
to	O
sell	O
Sibelius	B-Device
7	O
and	O
related	O
computer	O
hardware/software	O
in	O
the	O
UK	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sibelius	B-Device
6	O
(	O
educational	O
version	O
)	O
also	O
launched	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sibelius	B-Device
7	O
Student	O
(	O
educational	O
version	O
)	O
launched	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1995	O
:	O
German	O
versions	O
of	O
Sibelius	B-Device
launched	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Junior	O
Sibelius	B-Device
(	O
primary	O
school	O
program	O
)	O
launched	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1998	O
:	O
Sibelius	B-Device
for	O
Windows	O
launched	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1999	O
:	O
Sibelius	B-Device
for	O
Mac	O
,	O
PhotoScore	O
and	O
Scorch	O
launched	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sibelius	B-Device
forms	O
US	O
subsidiary	O
,	O
creating	O
the	O
Sibelius	B-Device
Group	O
,	O
which	O
now	O
has	O
25	O
employees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2000	O
:	O
Sibelius	B-Device
Internet	O
Edition	O
launched	O
,	O
and	O
adopted	O
for	O
Internet	O
publishing	O
by	O
leading	O
European	O
publishers	O
Music	O
Sales	O
and	O
Boosey	O
&	O
Hawkes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SibeliusMusic.com	O
and	O
Sibelius	B-Device
Notes	O
(	O
initially	O
called	O
Teaching	O
Tools	O
)	O
launched	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2001	O
:	O
World	O
's	O
largest	O
sheet	O
music	O
publisher	O
Hal	O
Leonard	O
also	O
adopts	O
Sibelius	B-Device
Internet	O
Edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sibelius	B-Device
Group	O
reaches	O
50	O
employees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2002	O
:	O
Sibelius	B-Device
is	O
first	O
major	O
music	O
program	O
for	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Company	O
acquires	O
music	B-Application
software	I-Application
company	O
MIDIworks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2003	O
:	O
Revenues	O
beat	O
competitor	O
MakeMusic	O
Inc	O
.	O
by	O
20%	O
,	O
confirming	O
Sibelius	B-Device
as	O
world	O
market	O
leader	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starclass	O
,	O
Instruments	O
,	O
G7	B-Device
and	O
G7music.net	O
launched	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sibelius	B-Device
Group	O
commences	O
distributing	O
Musition	O
and	O
Auralia	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sibelius	B-Device
in	O
Japanese	O
launched	O
,	O
distributed	O
by	O
Yamaha	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2004	O
:	O
Compass	O
,	O
Kontakt	O
Gold	O
,	O
Sibelius	B-Device
Student	O
Edition	O
,	O
Sibelius	B-Device
in	O
French	O
and	O
Spanish	O
launched	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sibelius	B-Device
software	I-Device
used	O
in	O
more	O
than	O
50%	O
of	O
UK	O
secondary	O
schools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sibelius	B-Device
Software	I-Device
bought	O
by	O
Avid	O
Technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2012	O
:	O
Avid	O
closes	O
Sibelius	B-Device
 '	O
London	O
office	O
and	O
lays	O
off	O
original	O
development	O
team	O
,	O
sparking	O
the	O
'	O
Save	O
Sibelius	B-Device
 '	O
campaign	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2014	O
:	O
First	O
release	O
of	O
a	O
Sibelius	B-Device
version	O
(	O
7.5	O
)	O
by	O
the	O
new	O
development	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2018	O
:	O
Sibelius	B-Device
First	O
(	O
free	O
,	O
entry-level	O
product	O
)	O
,	O
Sibelius	B-Device
(	O
formerly	O
Sibelius	B-Device
First	O
)	O
and	O
Sibelius	B-Device
Ultimate	O
(	O
formerly	O
Sibelius	B-Device
)	O
launched	O
together	O
with	O
a	O
new	O
year-based	O
versioning	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2021	O
:	O
Sibelius	B-Device
for	O
iPad	O
and	O
iPhone	O
is	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sibelius	B-Device
 '	O
main	O
function	O
is	O
to	O
help	O
create	O
,	O
edit	O
and	O
print	O
musical	O
scores	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
any	O
MIDI	O
device	O
,	O
and	O
allows	O
Virtual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Technology	I-Application
(	O
VST	O
)	O
and	O
Audio	B-Operating_System
Units	I-Operating_System
plug-ins	B-Application
to	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
playback	O
instruments	O
,	O
giving	O
users	O
access	O
to	O
third-party	O
sample	O
libraries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Score	O
playback	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
synchronised	O
to	O
video	O
,	O
or	O
to	O
DAW	B-General_Concept
software	O
via	O
the	O
ReWire	B-Architecture
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
default	O
,	O
Sibelius	B-Device
plays	O
a	O
brief	O
passage	O
from	O
a	O
Jean	O
Sibelius	B-Device
symphony	O
as	O
it	O
launches	O
,	O
a	O
feature	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
disabled	O
in	O
the	O
application	O
's	O
Preferences	O
if	O
desired	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sibelius	B-Device
7	O
appropriately	O
uses	O
the	O
main	O
theme	O
from	O
Sibelius	B-Device
 '	O
7th	O
Symphony	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Version	O
7.0	O
,	O
Avid	O
Technology	O
rebuilt	O
Sibelius	B-Device
as	O
a	O
64-bit	B-Device
application	I-Device
,	O
replacing	O
the	O
menu	O
navigation	O
system	O
of	O
previous	O
versions	O
with	O
a	O
Ribbon	O
interface	O
in	O
the	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
met	O
with	O
considerable	O
user	O
resistance	O
,	O
however	O
the	O
Ribbon	O
remains	O
integral	O
to	O
the	O
current	O
GUI	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Add-ons	O
for	O
Sibelius	B-Device
that	O
are	O
currently	O
or	O
have	O
previously	O
been	O
available	O
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Sound	O
libraries	O
such	O
as	O
Note	O
Performer	O
,	O
Vienna	O
Symphonic	O
Library	O
,	O
Kontakt	O
,	O
Garritan	O
,	O
and	O
Mark	O
of	O
the	O
Unicorn	O
's	O
(	O
MOTU	O
)	O
Symphonic	O
Instrument	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
added	O
as	O
Manual	O
Sound	O
Sets	O
in	O
the	O
Playback	O
Devices	O
options	O
from	O
the	O
Sibelius	B-Device
Play	O
tab	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Extra	O
plug-in	B-Application
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
are	O
usually	O
free	O
of	O
charge	O
,	O
and	O
often	O
created	O
by	O
Sibelius	B-Device
users	O
,	O
the	O
most	O
prolific	O
of	O
whom	O
has	O
been	O
Bob	O
Zawalich	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Myriad	O
's	O
PDF	B-Application
to	O
MusicXML	O
transcribing	O
application	O
PDFtoMusic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Neuratron	O
's	O
Music	B-Application
OCR	I-Application
program	O
PhotoScore	O
(	O
scanning	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
scan	O
and	O
create	O
a	O
Sibelius	B-Device
score	O
from	O
printed	O
music	O
and	O
PDF	B-Application
documents	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
lite	O
version	O
is	O
bundled	O
with	O
Sibelius	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mobile	O
device	O
VNC	O
controllers	O
such	O
as	O
iPad	O
Sibelius	B-Device
Wizard	O
and	O
Sibelius	B-Device
Control	O
for	O
iPad	O
,	O
allowing	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
control	O
Sibelius	B-Device
wirelessly	O
via	O
shortcuts	O
set	O
up	O
within	O
the	O
Preferences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sibelius	B-Device
users	O
can	O
publish	O
their	O
scores	O
directly	O
from	O
the	O
software	O
via	O
the	O
Internet	O
using	O
desktops	O
,	O
laptops	O
or	O
iPads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Anyone	O
else	O
using	O
software	O
called	O
Sibelius	B-Device
Scorch	O
(	O
free	O
for	O
web	O
browsers	O
,	O
charged	O
for	O
on	O
iPads	O
)	O
can	O
then	O
view	O
these	O
scores	O
,	O
play	O
them	O
back	O
,	O
transpose	O
them	O
,	O
change	O
instruments	O
,	O
or	O
print	O
them	O
from	O
the	O
web	O
browser	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ScoreExchange.com	O
is	O
a	O
website	O
where	O
any	O
Sibelius	B-Device
user	O
can	O
upload	O
scores	O
they	O
have	O
composed	O
,	O
arranged	O
or	O
transcribed	O
with	O
Sibelius	B-Device
,	O
so	O
that	O
anyone	O
can	O
access	O
the	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
site	O
began	O
in	O
2001	O
as	O
SibeliusMusic.com,	O
and	O
by	O
June	O
2011	O
had	O
amassed	O
nearly	O
100,000	O
scores	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
iPad	O
version	O
of	O
Scorch	O
also	O
includes	O
a	O
store	O
containing	O
over	O
250,000	O
scores	O
from	O
publishers	O
Music	O
Sales	O
,	O
Hal	O
Leonard	O
,	O
and	O
Sibelius	B-Device
Scorch	O
is	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
websites	O
of	O
various	O
music	O
publishers	O
and	O
individual	O
musicians	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Publishers	O
can	O
licence	O
the	O
Sibelius	B-Device
Internet	O
Edition	O
for	O
commercial	O
online	O
publishing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2017	O
,	O
Scorch	O
was	O
replaced	O
by	O
Sibelius	B-Device
Cloud	O
Publishing	O
,	O
providing	O
publishers	O
with	O
an	O
API	O
to	O
automate	O
the	O
publishing	O
and	O
selling	O
of	O
digital	O
sheet	O
Music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
the	O
same	O
technology	O
as	O
Scorch	O
to	O
allow	O
Sibelius	B-Device
users	O
to	O
share	O
music	O
online	O
directly	O
from	O
within	O
the	O
program	O
,	O
and	O
addresses	O
compatibility	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
various	O
education-specific	O
features	O
for	O
Sibelius	B-Device
 '	O
large	O
market	O
of	O
schools	O
and	O
universities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sibelius	B-Device
Educational	O
Suite	O
includes	O
extensive	O
built-in	O
music	O
teaching	O
materials	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
run	O
and	O
manage	O
multiple	O
copies	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
on	O
a	O
network	O
at	O
discounted	O
educational	O
pricing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
Sibelius	B-Device
Student	O
was	O
replaced	O
by	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
Sibelius	B-Device
First	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lite	O
notation	O
based	O
on	O
Sibelius	B-Device
is	O
included	O
in	O
Avid	O
's	O
Pro	B-Application
Tools	I-Application
audio	O
editing	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
