ALL meanings of urtext
ur·text
U u - noun urtext the original form of a text, especially of a musical composition. 1
- noun urtext A primitive, seminal, or prototypical example of an artistic genre or the basis of an ideological movement. 0
- noun urtext (music) The original version of a piece of music, as created by the composer. 0
- noun urtext the earliest form of a text as established by linguistic scholars as a basis for variants in later texts still in existence 0
- noun urtext an edition of a musical score showing the composer's intentions without later editorial interpolation 0