Sentence:  In other words, the "adantino" was written first as an independent piece; it is, moreover, hardly more than an elaborated <WSD>transcription</WSD> of the little song, ‘Im Herbste', written in 1828, with its two exactly similar strophes (each only five bars long) and four-bar piano epilogue. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  An adaptation of a composition.