A score is a way of notating music to show all parts that play simultaneously (“partiture,” from the Latin partire, “to divide,” “to separate”). The concept of the partitura originated in Italy in the 16th century and spread across Europe. Compared to aural transmission or improvisation, the score made it easier to repeat, disseminate, and study long and complicated musical combinations. Symbolic notation (Notation, musical) depicts the progression of the parts horizontally along t…