The action of organizing or putting things in a particular order or position. Also refers to a plan, agreement, or musical adaptation of an existing composition.
From French 'arrangement' (14th century), from 'arranger' meaning 'to put in a row,' from 'a-' (to) and 'ranger' (to place in a row). The root 'rang' comes from Frankish 'hring' (ring, circle). The musical sense developed in the 18th century.
Musical arrangements reveal the hidden architecture within compositions - a jazz arrangement of a classical piece or a string quartet version of a pop song exposes the underlying harmonic skeleton that makes a melody work across completely different sonic landscapes.
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