musicalizev.
/ˈmjuːzᵻkəlʌɪz/, /ˈmjuːzᵻkl̩ʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈmjuzəkəˌlaɪz/ transitive. To set (a novel, play, etc.) to music; to express or render in a manner suggestive of music.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > composing music > compose [verb (transitive)] > set to music
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1919 N.Y. Times 20 July iv. 2/6 ‘Kitty Mackaye’..is another play which is about to be musicalized.
1947 Penguin Music Mag. Dec. 72 The art of musicalising films rather than filming music.
1957 A. R. Manvell & J. Huntley Technique Film Music 284 Benjamin Britten had proved particularly adroit at musicalizing the rhythm and intonation of speech beyond their actual use in a vocal line.
1986 Independent 16 Dec. 12/2 Lewis Carroll and Sir Arthur Sullivan..explored the possibility of musicalising Alice in 1877.
Derivatives
ˈmusicalized adj. [compare French musicalisé (1927 or earlier)] set to music.
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1928 Sunday Express 19 Aug. 5/4 He prepared a musicalised version of the..play.
1992 New Republic 8 June 34/2 Jelly's Last Jam is more morality play than musicalized biography.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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