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The American Federation Of Musicians defines arranging as "the art of preparing and adapting an already written composition for presentation in other than its original form. An arrangement may include reharmonization, paraphrasing, and/or development of a composition, so that it fully represents the melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic structure" (ibid). A satisfactory musical arrangement will most likely (ibid, p.4):
An arrangement is often an adaptation of a previously arranged piece of music for a musical application other than that for which it was originally intended. This includes arrangements for different Instruments , for example an arrangement for piano or Flute , or a Duet , based on a Symphonic piece, or an arrangement of instrumental Accompaniment for Vocal Music ). Or, it may be an adaptation for another musical style, for example adaptation of a classical piece for a jazz or Rock Ensemble , orchestration of a song written by a popular band, or an A Cappella setting of a Song from a Stage Musical or an Opera . An arrangement may specify or vary some or all of:
As with composition, the ready availability of Sound Recording equipment has changed the understanding of what "arrangement" means. At one stage, credit for an arrangement would only be given to a person who had produced a written musical score of some sort. More recently, any original treatment of an existing work that is available for repeated performance by other players may qualify to be loosely called an arrangement. In jazz an unscored collaborative arrangement is called a "head arrangement" (Randel 2002, p.294; it is in the head of the musician(s)). Every time a piece of music is performed it has an arrangement, which may or may not have been done by a professional arranger. POPULAR MUSIC In Popular Music an arrangement is a setting of a piece of music, which may have been Composed by the '''arranger''' or by someone else. Most commonly, this is a matter of providing Instrumentation for the Songwriter or Composer 's basic Melody and Harmony . It may add details omitted by the Composer , or it may replace those originally given and be merely based on the original work. CLASSICAL MUSIC In piece may be arranged for full Orchestra , or an orchestral composition may be arranged for solo piano. Often arrangement involves considerable reworking of the original material, in conformance with the resources of the final medium. JAZZ MUSIC In jazz music, an arrangement is a specific setting of a pre-existing composition, although in jazz, the arranger has a larger role: it is common for jazz arrangers to contribute additional original material of their own, to significantly alter the forms and structures of the pre-existing material, or to combine the pre-existing material with snippets or quotes from other pre-existing material. Big bands such as those of Duke Ellington, Bennie Moten, and Count Basie performed head arrangements (ibid). ARRANGERS Commercial and jazz arrangers include:
:(Corozine 2002, p.5) For a more complete list, see: FURTHER READING
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