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Urtext

Urtext

See also: urtext and ur-text

German

Noun

Urtext m (genitive Urtexts or Urtextes, plural Urtexte)

  1. original version of a text
  2. urtext

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urtext

See also: Urtext and ur-text

English

Noun

urtext (plural urtexts)

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