English edit

Etymology edit

musical +‎ -ization

Noun edit

musicalization (countable and uncountable, plural musicalizations)

  1. The act of musicalizing.
    • 1991 December 20, Lawrence Bommer, “Scapin”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
      Scapin, Rusty Magee's musicalization of Moliere's 1670 Les Fourberies de Scapin, is an adaptation true to its source: this slight farce becomes an even slighter musical.