Sibelius

Ben Finn discusses the history of Sibelius with ROUGOL

April 16, 2023April 16, 2023 VinceH

Sibelius was a music notation – or score writing – package, allowing people to put music to paper (via the screen) in much the same way a writer might use a word processing package. Named for Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, the first version was released in April 1993 – thirty years ago this month. The software went on to become a killer application for RISC OS, putting the operating system on the map for musicians, with some even buying RiscPCs just to run Sibelius – including institutions such as the…

ROUGOL’s plans for early 2023

January 7, 2023 VinceH

World domination not on the cards – just some meeting information. With all the shenanigans surrounding the tail end of the year out of the way – Christmas, New Year, hangovers (lots of hangovers, probably) – details of some of the first few RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) meetings of 2023 have been released.

Good news for RISC OS Sibelius users

February 27, 2014 VinceH

Announcement from Andrew Rawnsley, 26th February, 2014 The phrase “good news” hasn’t been something associated with the RISC OS version of Sibelius for a long time, and the closure of the UK end of the company came as something of a blow for RISC OS users, as it effectively ended the ability to have your floppy disc replaced in case of problems.