reharmonization en · NOUN
Etymology
From re- + harmonization.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The process of reharmonizing a musical work; a musical work made by reharmonizing another work.
Some of what “River” accomplishes as a jazz record is serious indeed. Mr. Hancock’s version of Duke Ellington’s “Solitude” is the modern jazz process itself: a complete reharmonization of a familiar song, with rhythm that keeps vanishing and reappearing.
2008 February 12, Ben Ratliff, “A Victory for Jazz, or Just Grammy Being Grammy?”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| reharmonizations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |