Category:Transcription

Tran*scrip"tion, n. Etym: [cf. F. transcription, l. transcriptio a Transfer.]

1. The act or process of transcribing, or copying; as, corruptions Creep into books by repeated transcriptions.

2. A copy; a transcript. Walton.

3. (mus.)

Defn: an arrangement of a composition for some other instrument or Voice than that for which it was originally written, as the Translating of a song, a vocal or instrumental quartet, or even an Orchestral work, into a piece for the piano; an adaptation; an Arrangement; -- a name applied by modern composes for the piano to a More or less fanciful and ornate reproduction on their own instrument Of a song or other piece not originally intended for it; as, listzt's Transcriptions of songs by schubert.