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See also: urtext and ur-text

Urtext m ‎(genitive Urtexts or Urtextes, plural Urtexte)

Declension of Urtext

¹Now uncommon, see notes

See also: Urtext and ur-text

urtext ‎(plural urtexts)

A primitive, seminal, or prototypical example of an artistic genre or the basis of an ideological movement.
(music) The original version of a piece of music, as created by the composer.