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Webster 1913 Edition
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Tran-scrip′tion
(trăn-skrĭp′shŭn)
, Noun.
[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.)
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 composers 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, Liszt’s
. transcriptions
of songs by SchubertWebster 1828 Edition
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TRANSCRIP'TION
,Noun.