[78-L] Fw: For 78's, What Does Transcription Mean?

[Kristjan Saag]

Transcription, etymologically, means to write across, over or beyond. 
And, in music, is originally used when scores are involved. Either 
making a score from previously unannotated music or creating a new score 
for a different instrumental setting. Annotated arrangements may be 
labelled as transcriptions as well, but usually take more liberties and, 
if sufficiently different, can be copyrighted.
I wouldn't use the word transcription for "remakes" in popular music, 
not even for arrangements in jazz music, which usually also give room 
for large proportions of improvisation.
Scott Bradlee's "transformations" are delicate, especially when Robyn 
Adele Anderson is involved in performing, but let's call them 
"transformations" or "remakes" instead.
As for the other meaning of the word, when making a recording of a 
broadcast, the type of music, of course, is irrelevant.
Kristjan


On 2020-04-01 06:57, DKing wrote:
> Thanks David, that makes sense. And it helped seeing your example of 
> musical transcription too. If you approve of the idea of taking one 
> type of music and putting it into a new arrangement for a different 
> style of music, you might like the work of Scott Bradlee’s “Postmodern 
> Jukebox”. For example, take “Boulevard of Broken Dreams”, where Green 
> Day's rock & roll is transformed by Bradlee. Note by Scott Bradlee, 
> who is on the piano: "On our day off on tour we brought Maiya Sykes 
> into the studio, where she delivered this powerful, emotionally raw 
> performance of Green Day's "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" on the very 
> first take. Folks, Maiya Sykes is the real deal, and everyone should 
> know about this incredible vocalist." 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riZck9O-kBU 
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riZck9O-kBU> The comparison is a long 
> way from classical music, so I hope I’m forgiven by Stokowski. - Dave 
> King
>> On Mar 31, 2020, at 7:05 PM, David Lennick 
>> <dplennick at yahoo.com.invalid> wrote: Musically, transcription can 
>> refer to an arrangement such as Bach 'transcribed for orchestra' by 
>> someone like Stokowski. In 78 context it's from the same era of 
>> recorded sound (pre-LP) and is short for 'electrical transcription' 
>> or 'radio transcription', a disc recorded off air or intended for 
>> broadcast in the days before tape. dl ---------- Original Message 
>> ---------- From: DKing <ginku_ledovec at att.net.invalid> Date: March 
>> 31, 2020 at 7:55 PM Many of you recently referred to “transcription”. 
>> What does transcription mean in the context of 78’s, and can it have 
>> more than one meaning? - Dave King 
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