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Then in the 1960s and ’70s, as the women’s movement gained momentum, some symphony director had the idea of putting auditioning musicians behind a drop curtain.
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Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Sep. 2020
The stage was covered by a drop curtain that had a painting of the burning steamboat Bulletin No. 2, a disaster survived by young Church and his white father and master, Captian Charles B. Church.
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Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 20 Feb. 2018
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First Known Use
1832, in the meaning defined above
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“Drop curtain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drop%20curtain. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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