Arrangement

For other uses, see Arrangement (disambiguation).
"Arranged" redirects here. Not to be confused with arraignment. For for the film, see Arranged (film).

John Philip Sousa's manuscript arrangement of Richard Wagner's The Flying Dutchman overture (page 25 of 37).

In music, an arrangement is a musical adaptation of an existing composition.[1] Differences from the original composition may include reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or formal development. Arranging differs from orchestration in that the latter process is limited to the assignment of notes to instruments for performance by an orchestra, concert band, or other musical ensemble. Arranging "involves adding compositional techniques, such as new thematic material for introductions, transitions, or modulations, and endings. Arranging is the art of giving an existing melody musical variety".[2] In jazz, a memorized (unwritten) arrangement of a new or pre-existing composition is known as a head arrangement.[3]

  1. ^ "Arrangement". Britannica. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  2. ^ (Corozine 2002, p. 3)
  3. ^ Cook, Richard (2005). Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopedia. London: Penguin Books. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-141-02646-6.