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 Schubert.

rewriting for another medium (e.g. from choral to electronic); to replay music on another instrument

The arranging of a piece of music for an instrument, for which it was not originally written. In opera the term is used only in reference to Liszt's many arrangements of operatic melodies for the piano.

An arrangement, usually for a solo instrument such as a piano, of an orchestral or vocal work.

an arrangement of a piece of music for a voice, instrument, or ensemble other than that for which it was originally written

the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music

A musical composition that takes a pre-existing work and more or less exactly resets it in a new format, e.g. for different instruments. Transcriptions may be of the composer's own works or the works of others.