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Bearbeitung

arrangement; musical adaptation of a work

noun beh-AR-bigh-toong Rare
Arts & Culture Music

Also means

revision; editing of a text

Usage Note

Bearbeitung in music means an arrangement or transcription of an existing work for different forces, e.g., a piano Bearbeitung of a symphony. It differs from Komposition (an original work).

Examples

"Diese Bearbeitung des Streichquartetts für Klavier ist sehr gelungen."

Natural Translation

This piano arrangement of the string quartet is very successful.

Literal Translation

This arrangement of the string quartet for piano is very accomplished.

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