{"id":18797,"date":"2026-03-19T08:58:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T07:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/?page_id=18797"},"modified":"2026-03-20T10:06:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T09:06:16","slug":"baerenreiter-urtext","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/en\/baerenreiter-urtext\/","title":{"rendered":"B\u00e4renreiter Urtext"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"grve-section grve-row-section grve-fullwidth-background grve-padding-top-1x grve-padding-bottom-1x grve-with-bg-transparent\" data-header-color=\"default\"><div class=\"grve-container\"><div class=\"grve-row grve-bookmark grve-columns-gap-default grve-mobile-vertical-gap-30\"><div class=\"grve-column wpb_column grve-bookmark grve-column-1  grve-with-bg-transparent\"><div class=\"grve-column-wrapper\"><div class=\"grve-column-content\" ><div class=\"grve-element grve-image grve-align-center\">\r\n\t<div class=\"grve-image-item\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\r\n<div class=\"grve-image-wrapper grve-no-effect\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"grve-thumbnail-wrapper\"  style=\"width: 1420px;\"><div class=\"grve-thumbnail\"  style=\"padding-top: 22.535%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1420\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Urtext-Banner_eMag.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Banner mit den Farben der B\u00e4renreiter Urtext Ausgaben\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Urtext-Banner_eMag.jpg 1x,https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Urtext-Banner_eMag.jpg 2x\" data-column-space=\"auto\" data-lazyload=\"\" data-grve-filter=\"yes\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><\/div>\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"grve-empty-space grve-height-1x\"><\/div><h1 class=\"grve-element grve-title grve-align-center grve-h2\"><span>B\u00c4RENREITER URTEXT<\/span><\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"grve-section grve-row-section grve-fullwidth-background grve-padding-top-1x grve-padding-bottom-1x grve-with-bg-transparent\" data-header-color=\"default\"><div class=\"grve-container\"><div class=\"grve-row grve-bookmark grve-columns-gap-default grve-mobile-vertical-gap-30\"><div class=\"grve-column wpb_column grve-bookmark grve-column-1-2  grve-with-bg-transparent\"><div class=\"grve-column-wrapper\"><div class=\"grve-column-content\" ><h3 class=\"grve-element grve-title grve-align-inherit grve-h4 grve-text-primary-1\"><span>What can I expect from a B\u00e4renreiter urtext edition?<\/span><\/h3><div class=\"grve-element grve-text\">\r\n\t\t\t<p>Alongside providing a trustworthy musical text as well as valuable historical and performance practice information, it is just as important that B\u00e4renreiter Urtext editions must be practical, functional and geared towards musicians\u2019 needs.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b81e40;\">For this reason, B\u00e4renreiter Urtext editions offer:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A well-presented layout and a user-friendly format<\/li>\n<li>A high-quality engraving<\/li>\n<li>Page turns and cues in the best possible places<\/li>\n<li>For solo string works additional parts with fingering and bowing<\/li>\n<li>In the case of solo concertos and vocal scores straight-forward piano reductions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b81e40;\">Additionally, our print editions are distinguished by:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fold-out pages where you need them<\/li>\n<li>Excellent print quality<\/li>\n<li>Superior paper which blocks out the glare of concert hall lights<\/li>\n<li>Reliable binding to ensure durability and withstand frequent use<\/li>\n<li>Solid, \u201cMade in Germany\u201d quality<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<div class=\"grve-element grve-image grve-align-center\">\r\n\t<div class=\"grve-image-item\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\r\n<div class=\"grve-image-wrapper grve-no-effect\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"grve-thumbnail-wrapper\"  style=\"width: 2560px;\"><div class=\"grve-thumbnail\"  style=\"padding-top: 57.734%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1478\" src=\"https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kaleidoscop-Urtext-Ruecken-schmal-scaled.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Buchr\u00fccken der B\u00e4renreiter Urtext-Ausgaben\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kaleidoscop-Urtext-Ruecken-schmal-scaled.png 1x,https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kaleidoscop-Urtext-Ruecken-schmal-scaled.png 2x\" data-column-space=\"auto\" data-lazyload=\"\" data-grve-filter=\"yes\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><\/div>\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"grve-column wpb_column grve-bookmark grve-column-1-2  grve-with-bg-transparent\"><div class=\"grve-column-wrapper\"><div class=\"grve-column-content\" ><h3 class=\"grve-element grve-title grve-align-inherit grve-h4 grve-text-primary-1\"><span>Why B\u00e4renreiter Urtext?<\/span><\/h3><div class=\"grve-element grve-text\">\r\n\t\t\t<p>Think of the time you spend practising and rehearsing for lessons and concerts. Can you really be sure that the music you play from reflects what the composer wanted?<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, works have always been edited reflecting the taste of the time, often leading to a gradual deviation from what the composer had in mind.<\/p>\n<p>What we play from today, often comes from old, heavily edited or even faulty editions. How disappointing to realise that you have wasted your time and energy on a musical text you cannot trust.<\/p>\n<p>With B\u00e4renreiter Urtext editions you can have confidence in the validity of the musical text.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<div class=\"grve-empty-space grve-height-2x\"><\/div><h3 class=\"grve-element grve-title grve-align-inherit grve-h4 grve-text-primary-1\"><span>What is an Urtext edition?<br \/>\nIsn&#8217;t it just a copy of the autograph?<\/span><\/h3><div class=\"grve-element grve-text\">\r\n\t\t\t<p>The label Urtext describes a musical text that reflects the composer\u2019s intentions as much as possible. This often evokes the notion that all you need to do is transcribe the composer\u2019s autograph into modern notation. Granted, in the case of some composers with messy handwriting this can be a hard enough task. But there is much more to it than just that. What if the autograph has not survived \u2013 and the only sources we have are posthumous, maybe even contradictory? What if the composer made corrections in the parts that were used for the first performance or in the proofs for the first edition? Or what if the composer revised the work for a later, different performance situation?<\/p>\n<p>In these cases, other sources come into play which must be taken into consideration and the autograph cannot be the main source.<\/p>\n<p>No cost or effort is spared by B\u00e4renreiter when it comes to amassing and piecing together all the available information.<\/p>\n<p>An indispensable part of every Urtext edition is the Critical Commentary where all editorial decisions and discrepancies between the sources are meticulously recorded. Only in this way can the true genius of the composer and his work be revealed.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"grve-section grve-row-section grve-fullwidth-background grve-padding-top-1x grve-padding-bottom-1x grve-with-bg-color\" data-header-color=\"default\"  style=\"background-color:#F5AB12;\"><div class=\"grve-container\"><div class=\"grve-row grve-bookmark grve-columns-gap-default grve-mobile-vertical-gap-30\"><div class=\"grve-column wpb_column grve-bookmark grve-column-1-2  grve-with-bg-transparent\"><div class=\"grve-column-wrapper\"><div class=\"grve-column-content\" ><h3 class=\"grve-element grve-title grve-align-inherit grve-h4 grve-text-primary-1\"><span>Let&#8217;s take this as an example<\/span><\/h3><div class=\"grve-element grve-text\">\r\n\t\t\t<p>Franz Schubert\u2019s Symphony No. 4 (\u201cTragic\u201d) was composed in 1816 and was first published in the 1880s by Johannes Brahms as part of the old Schubert Complete Edition.<\/p>\n<p>Here we have the 1st page of the last movement (A, the autograph page) where Schubert uses a musical motif called \u201cthe curtain\u201d; the bassoon plays a soft upward moving melody (i), whereas all the other winds and horns play sustained tones. The dynamic is \u201cpiano\u201d. This gives the impression that the orchestra is sitting behind a curtain, waiting for it to rise so that the performance can commence.<\/p>\n<p>Either Brahms did not realise what this \u201ccurtain\u201d technique was and assumed that Schubert had not fully completed the beginning of this movement or he did not approve of it. Whatever the reason, Brahms wrote \u201cbeide Fagotti\u201d\/\u201cboth bassoons\u201c above the melody (ii) and also copied this melody into the part for the violoncelli (iii), thus, in his mind, giving the music more impact.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"grve-column wpb_column grve-bookmark grve-column-1-2  grve-with-bg-transparent\"><div class=\"grve-column-wrapper\"><div class=\"grve-column-content\" ><div class=\"grve-element grve-image grve-align-inherit grve-light-gallery\">\r\n\t<div class=\"grve-image-item\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\r\n<div class=\"grve-image-wrapper grve-no-effect\">\r\n\t\t<a class=\"grve-item-url\" href=\"https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Beispiel-A.png\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">More<\/span><\/a>\t\t<div class=\"grve-thumbnail-wrapper\"  style=\"width: 957px;\"><div class=\"grve-thumbnail\"  style=\"padding-top: 87.67%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"957\" height=\"839\" src=\"https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Beispiel-A.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Beispiel-A.png 1x,https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Beispiel-A.png 2x\" data-column-space=\"auto\" data-lazyload=\"\" data-grve-filter=\"yes\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><\/div>\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"grve-section grve-row-section grve-fullwidth-background grve-padding-top-1x grve-padding-bottom-1x grve-with-bg-color\" data-header-color=\"default\"  style=\"background-color:#F5AB12;\"><div class=\"grve-container\"><div class=\"grve-row grve-bookmark grve-columns-gap-default grve-mobile-vertical-gap-30\"><div class=\"grve-column wpb_column grve-bookmark grve-column-1-2  grve-with-bg-transparent\"><div class=\"grve-column-wrapper\"><div class=\"grve-column-content\" ><div class=\"grve-empty-space grve-height-2x\"><\/div><div class=\"grve-element grve-text\">\r\n\t\t\t<p>This first edition provided the only available musical text until 1990 when B\u00e4renreiter published the symphony in the New Schubert Edition.<br \/>\nOur Urtext edition (BA05604) reinstates what Schubert originally intended (B). The music has been \u201cstripped back\u201d and is presented without the melody in the violoncelli and the second bassoon. It now has a completely different effect.<\/p>\n<p>So, the B\u00e4renreiter Urtext edition gives justice to Schubert\u2019s intention for the first time.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"grve-column wpb_column grve-bookmark grve-column-1-2  grve-with-bg-transparent\"><div class=\"grve-column-wrapper\"><div class=\"grve-column-content\" ><div class=\"grve-element grve-image grve-align-center grve-light-gallery\">\r\n\t<div class=\"grve-image-item\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\r\n<div class=\"grve-image-wrapper grve-no-effect\">\r\n\t\t<a class=\"grve-item-url\" href=\"https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Beispiel-B.png\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">More<\/span><\/a>\t\t<div class=\"grve-thumbnail-wrapper\"  style=\"width: 560px;\"><div class=\"grve-thumbnail\"  style=\"padding-top: 133.393%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"747\" src=\"https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Beispiel-B-560x747.png\" class=\"attachment-impeka-grve-small-rect-vertical size-impeka-grve-small-rect-vertical\" alt=\"\" data-column-space=\"auto\" data-lazyload=\"\" data-grve-filter=\"yes\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Beispiel-B-560x747.png 560w, https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Beispiel-B-840x1120.png 840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><\/div>\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"grve-section grve-row-section grve-fullwidth-background grve-padding-top-1x grve-padding-bottom-1x grve-with-bg-transparent\" data-header-color=\"default\"><div class=\"grve-container\"><div class=\"grve-row grve-bookmark grve-columns-gap-default grve-mobile-vertical-gap-30\"><div class=\"grve-column wpb_column grve-bookmark grve-column-1-2  grve-with-bg-transparent\"><div class=\"grve-column-wrapper\"><div class=\"grve-column-content\" ><h3 class=\"grve-element grve-title grve-align-inherit grve-h4 grve-text-primary-1\"><span>Why does performance practice matter&#8230;<br \/>\n&#8230; even if you are playing on a modern instrument?<\/span><\/h3><div class=\"grve-element grve-text\">\r\n\t\t\t<p>Did you know that musical symbols that are very familiar to you might have changed their meaning over time? For example, while today a crescendo fork clearly means to gradually get louder, 150 years ago it could additionally imply to speed up a little.<\/p>\n<p>For hundreds of years composers have pretty much used the same musical symbols. What has rapidly changed throughout history, though, is what these symbols meant to composers and musicians. It requires knowledge about historical contexts and performing conventions to read and understand composers\u2019 manuscripts correctly. What were these conventions at a particular time and for a particular composer regarding rhythm, timing and agogic shadings, what was meant by dots and strokes and various symbols for accentuations, how were arpeggios executed, what would have been perceived as appropriate vibrato, or what was expected in terms of ornamentation and improvisation?<\/p>\n<p>B\u00e4renreiter seeks to recover the messages and performing practices that composers understood their notations to convey to performers. To this end many of our Urtext editions include information on performance practice. Even if you are playing on a modern instrument, this information will give you insights into the very essence of the music itself as the composer conceived it.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"grve-column wpb_column grve-bookmark grve-column-1-2  grve-with-bg-transparent\"><div class=\"grve-column-wrapper\"><div class=\"grve-column-content\" ><div class=\"grve-empty-space grve-height-3x\"><\/div><div class=\"grve-element grve-image grve-align-center\">\r\n\t<div class=\"grve-image-item\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\r\n<div class=\"grve-image-wrapper grve-no-effect\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"grve-thumbnail-wrapper\"  style=\"width: 700px;\"><div class=\"grve-thumbnail\"  style=\"padding-top: 93.286%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Urtext-Haufen.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Urtext-Haufen.jpg 1x,https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Urtext-Haufen.jpg 2x\" data-column-space=\"auto\" data-lazyload=\"\" data-grve-filter=\"yes\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><\/div>\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"grve-section grve-row-section grve-fullwidth-background grve-padding-top-1x grve-padding-bottom-1x grve-with-bg-transparent\" data-header-color=\"default\"><div class=\"grve-container\"><div class=\"grve-row grve-bookmark grve-columns-gap-default grve-mobile-vertical-gap-30\"><div class=\"grve-column wpb_column grve-bookmark grve-column-1  grve-with-bg-transparent\"><div class=\"grve-column-wrapper\"><div class=\"grve-column-content\" ><h3 class=\"grve-element grve-title grve-align-inherit grve-h4 grve-text-primary-1\"><span>Think of your next performance<\/span><\/h3><div class=\"grve-element grve-text\">\r\n\t\t\t<p>B\u00e4renreiter regularly updates editions to reflect new discoveries and research. With outdated editions or non-Urtext editions, many of which are free downloads or illegal copies, you miss out. Your performances miss out.<\/p>\n<p>Build your personal music library with B\u00e4renreiter Urtext editions.<\/p>\n<p>Make our print and digital editions your own. Take advantage of our expertise and complement it with your personal markings and comments which you will be able to refer to all your life.<\/p>\n<p>Make a B\u00e4renreiter Urtext edition a life-time investment.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"grve-section grve-row-section grve-fullwidth-background grve-padding-top-1x grve-padding-bottom-1x grve-with-bg-transparent\" data-header-color=\"default\"><div class=\"grve-container\"><div class=\"grve-row grve-bookmark grve-columns-gap-default grve-mobile-vertical-gap-30\"><div class=\"grve-column wpb_column grve-bookmark grve-column-1  grve-with-bg-transparent\"><div class=\"grve-column-wrapper\"><div class=\"grve-column-content\" ><div class=\"grve-element grve-text\">\r\n\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You can find more detailed information about our Urtext in <a style=\"color: #b81e40;\" href=\"https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/en\/jubilaeum\/with-great-music-no-stone-is-left-unturned\/\">this article<\/a>.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"grve-section grve-row-section grve-fullwidth-background grve-padding-top-1x grve-padding-bottom-1x grve-with-bg-transparent\" data-header-color=\"default\"><div class=\"grve-container\"><div class=\"grve-row grve-bookmark grve-columns-gap-default grve-mobile-vertical-gap-30\"><div class=\"grve-column wpb_column grve-bookmark grve-column-1  grve-with-bg-transparent\"><div class=\"grve-column-wrapper\"><div class=\"grve-column-content\" ><h3 class=\"grve-element grve-title grve-align-center grve-h4 grve-text-primary-1\"><span>YOUR NEXT PERFORMANCE<br \/>\nIS WORTH IT.<\/span><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"grve-section grve-row-section grve-fullwidth-background grve-padding-top-1x grve-padding-bottom-1x grve-with-bg-transparent\" data-header-color=\"default\"><div class=\"grve-container\"><div class=\"grve-row grve-bookmark grve-columns-gap-default grve-mobile-vertical-gap-30\"><div class=\"grve-column wpb_column grve-bookmark grve-column-1  grve-with-bg-transparent\"><div class=\"grve-column-wrapper\"><div class=\"grve-column-content\" ><div class=\"grve-element grve-image grve-align-center\">\r\n\t<div class=\"grve-image-item\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\r\n<div class=\"grve-image-wrapper grve-no-effect\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"grve-thumbnail-wrapper\"  style=\"width: 1420px;\"><div class=\"grve-thumbnail\"  style=\"padding-top: 22.535%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1420\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Urtext-Banner_eMag.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Banner mit den Farben der B\u00e4renreiter Urtext Ausgaben\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Urtext-Banner_eMag.jpg 1x,https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Urtext-Banner_eMag.jpg 2x\" data-column-space=\"auto\" data-lazyload=\"\" data-grve-filter=\"yes\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><\/div>\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"grve-empty-space grve-height-1x\"><\/div><h1 class=\"grve-element grve-title grve-align-center grve-h2\"><span>B\u00c4RENREITER URTEXT<\/span><\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"grve-section grve-row-section grve-fullwidth-background grve-padding-top-1x grve-padding-bottom-1x grve-with-bg-transparent\" data-header-color=\"default\"><div class=\"grve-container\"><div class=\"grve-row grve-bookmark grve-columns-gap-default grve-mobile-vertical-gap-30\"><div class=\"grve-column wpb_column grve-bookmark grve-column-1-2  grve-with-bg-transparent\"><div class=\"grve-column-wrapper\"><div class=\"grve-column-content\" ><h3 class=\"grve-element grve-title grve-align-inherit grve-h4 grve-text-primary-1\"><span>What can I expect from a B\u00e4renreiter urtext edition?<\/span><\/h3><div class=\"grve-element grve-text\">\r\n\t\t\t<p>Alongside providing a trustworthy musical text as well as valuable historical and performance practice information, it is just as important that B\u00e4renreiter Urtext editions must be practical, functional and geared towards musicians\u2019 needs.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b81e40;\">For this reason, B\u00e4renreiter Urtext editions offer:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A well-presented layout and a user-friendly format<\/li>\n<li>A high-quality engraving<\/li>\n<li>Page turns and cues in the best possible places<\/li>\n<li>For solo string works additional parts with fingering and bowing<\/li>\n<li>In the case of solo concertos and vocal scores straight-forward piano reductions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b81e40;\">Additionally, our print editions are distinguished by:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fold-out pages where you need them<\/li>\n<li>Excellent print quality<\/li>\n<li>Superior paper which blocks out the glare of concert hall lights<\/li>\n<li>Reliable binding to ensure durability and withstand frequent use<\/li>\n<li>Solid, \u201cMade in Germany\u201d quality<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<div class=\"grve-element grve-image grve-align-center\">\r\n\t<div class=\"grve-image-item\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\r\n<div class=\"grve-image-wrapper grve-no-effect\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"grve-thumbnail-wrapper\"  style=\"width: 2560px;\"><div class=\"grve-thumbnail\"  style=\"padding-top: 57.734%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1478\" src=\"https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kaleidoscop-Urtext-Ruecken-schmal-scaled.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Buchr\u00fccken der B\u00e4renreiter Urtext-Ausgaben\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kaleidoscop-Urtext-Ruecken-schmal-scaled.png 1x,https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kaleidoscop-Urtext-Ruecken-schmal-scaled.png 2x\" data-column-space=\"auto\" data-lazyload=\"\" data-grve-filter=\"yes\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><\/div>\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"grve-column wpb_column grve-bookmark grve-column-1-2  grve-with-bg-transparent\"><div class=\"grve-column-wrapper\"><div class=\"grve-column-content\" ><h3 class=\"grve-element grve-title grve-align-inherit grve-h4 grve-text-primary-1\"><span>Why B\u00e4renreiter Urtext?<\/span><\/h3><div class=\"grve-element grve-text\">\r\n\t\t\t<p>Think of the time you spend practising and rehearsing for lessons and concerts. Can you really be sure that the music you play from reflects what the composer wanted?<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, works have always been edited reflecting the taste of the time, often leading to a gradual deviation from what the composer had in mind.<\/p>\n<p>What we play from today, often comes from old, heavily edited or even faulty editions. How disappointing to realise that you have wasted your time and energy on a musical text you cannot trust.<\/p>\n<p>With B\u00e4renreiter Urtext editions you can have confidence in the validity of the musical text.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<div class=\"grve-empty-space grve-height-2x\"><\/div><h3 class=\"grve-element grve-title grve-align-inherit grve-h4 grve-text-primary-1\"><span>What is an Urtext edition?<br \/>\nIsn&#8217;t it just a copy of the autograph?<\/span><\/h3><div class=\"grve-element grve-text\">\r\n\t\t\t<p>The label Urtext describes a musical text that reflects the composer\u2019s intentions as much as possible. This often evokes the notion that all you need to do is transcribe the composer\u2019s autograph into modern notation. Granted, in the case of some composers with messy handwriting this can be a hard enough task. But there is much more to it than just that. What if the autograph has not survived \u2013 and the only sources we have are posthumous, maybe even contradictory? What if the composer made corrections in the parts that were used for the first performance or in the proofs for the first edition? Or what if the composer revised the work for a later, different performance situation?<\/p>\n<p>In these cases, other sources come into play which must be taken into consideration and the autograph cannot be the main source.<\/p>\n<p>No cost or effort is spared by B\u00e4renreiter when it comes to amassing and piecing together all the available information.<\/p>\n<p>An indispensable part of every Urtext edition is the Critical Commentary where all editorial decisions and discrepancies between the sources are meticulously recorded. Only in this way can the true genius of the composer and his work be revealed.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"grve-section grve-row-section grve-fullwidth-background grve-padding-top-1x grve-padding-bottom-1x grve-with-bg-color\" data-header-color=\"default\"  style=\"background-color:#F5AB12;\"><div class=\"grve-container\"><div class=\"grve-row grve-bookmark grve-columns-gap-default grve-mobile-vertical-gap-30\"><div class=\"grve-column wpb_column grve-bookmark grve-column-1-2  grve-with-bg-transparent\"><div class=\"grve-column-wrapper\"><div class=\"grve-column-content\" ><h3 class=\"grve-element grve-title grve-align-inherit grve-h4 grve-text-primary-1\"><span>Let&#8217;s take this as an example<\/span><\/h3><div class=\"grve-element grve-text\">\r\n\t\t\t<p>Franz Schubert\u2019s Symphony No. 4 (\u201cTragic\u201d) was composed in 1816 and was first published in the 1880s by Johannes Brahms as part of the old Schubert Complete Edition.<\/p>\n<p>Here we have the 1st page of the last movement (A, the autograph page) where Schubert uses a musical motif called \u201cthe curtain\u201d; the bassoon plays a soft upward moving melody (i), whereas all the other winds and horns play sustained tones. The dynamic is \u201cpiano\u201d. This gives the impression that the orchestra is sitting behind a curtain, waiting for it to rise so that the performance can commence.<\/p>\n<p>Either Brahms did not realise what this \u201ccurtain\u201d technique was and assumed that Schubert had not fully completed the beginning of this movement or he did not approve of it. Whatever the reason, Brahms wrote \u201cbeide Fagotti\u201d\/\u201cboth bassoons\u201c above the melody (ii) and also copied this melody into the part for the violoncelli (iii), thus, in his mind, giving the music more impact.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"grve-column wpb_column grve-bookmark grve-column-1-2  grve-with-bg-transparent\"><div class=\"grve-column-wrapper\"><div class=\"grve-column-content\" ><div class=\"grve-element grve-image grve-align-inherit grve-light-gallery\">\r\n\t<div class=\"grve-image-item\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\r\n<div class=\"grve-image-wrapper grve-no-effect\">\r\n\t\t<a class=\"grve-item-url\" href=\"https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Beispiel-A.png\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">More<\/span><\/a>\t\t<div class=\"grve-thumbnail-wrapper\"  style=\"width: 957px;\"><div class=\"grve-thumbnail\"  style=\"padding-top: 87.67%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"957\" height=\"839\" src=\"https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Beispiel-A.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Beispiel-A.png 1x,https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Beispiel-A.png 2x\" data-column-space=\"auto\" data-lazyload=\"\" data-grve-filter=\"yes\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><\/div>\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"grve-section grve-row-section grve-fullwidth-background grve-padding-top-1x grve-padding-bottom-1x grve-with-bg-color\" data-header-color=\"default\"  style=\"background-color:#F5AB12;\"><div class=\"grve-container\"><div class=\"grve-row grve-bookmark grve-columns-gap-default grve-mobile-vertical-gap-30\"><div class=\"grve-column wpb_column grve-bookmark grve-column-1-2  grve-with-bg-transparent\"><div class=\"grve-column-wrapper\"><div class=\"grve-column-content\" ><div class=\"grve-empty-space grve-height-2x\"><\/div><div class=\"grve-element grve-text\">\r\n\t\t\t<p>This first edition provided the only available musical text until 1990 when B\u00e4renreiter published the symphony in the New Schubert Edition.<br \/>\nOur Urtext edition (BA05604) reinstates what Schubert originally intended (B). The music has been \u201cstripped back\u201d and is presented without the melody in the violoncelli and the second bassoon. It now has a completely different effect.<\/p>\n<p>So, the B\u00e4renreiter Urtext edition gives justice to Schubert\u2019s intention for the first time.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"grve-column wpb_column grve-bookmark grve-column-1-2  grve-with-bg-transparent\"><div class=\"grve-column-wrapper\"><div class=\"grve-column-content\" ><div class=\"grve-element grve-image grve-align-center grve-light-gallery\">\r\n\t<div class=\"grve-image-item\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\r\n<div class=\"grve-image-wrapper grve-no-effect\">\r\n\t\t<a class=\"grve-item-url\" href=\"https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Beispiel-B.png\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">More<\/span><\/a>\t\t<div class=\"grve-thumbnail-wrapper\"  style=\"width: 560px;\"><div class=\"grve-thumbnail\"  style=\"padding-top: 133.393%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"747\" src=\"https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Beispiel-B-560x747.png\" class=\"attachment-impeka-grve-small-rect-vertical size-impeka-grve-small-rect-vertical\" alt=\"\" data-column-space=\"auto\" data-lazyload=\"\" data-grve-filter=\"yes\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Beispiel-B-560x747.png 560w, https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Beispiel-B-840x1120.png 840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><\/div>\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"grve-section grve-row-section grve-fullwidth-background grve-padding-top-1x grve-padding-bottom-1x grve-with-bg-transparent\" data-header-color=\"default\"><div class=\"grve-container\"><div class=\"grve-row grve-bookmark grve-columns-gap-default grve-mobile-vertical-gap-30\"><div class=\"grve-column wpb_column grve-bookmark grve-column-1-2  grve-with-bg-transparent\"><div class=\"grve-column-wrapper\"><div class=\"grve-column-content\" ><h3 class=\"grve-element grve-title grve-align-inherit grve-h4 grve-text-primary-1\"><span>Why does performance practice matter&#8230;<br \/>\n&#8230; even if you are playing on a modern instrument?<\/span><\/h3><div class=\"grve-element grve-text\">\r\n\t\t\t<p>Did you know that musical symbols that are very familiar to you might have changed their meaning over time? For example, while today a crescendo fork clearly means to gradually get louder, 150 years ago it could additionally imply to speed up a little.<\/p>\n<p>For hundreds of years composers have pretty much used the same musical symbols. What has rapidly changed throughout history, though, is what these symbols meant to composers and musicians. It requires knowledge about historical contexts and performing conventions to read and understand composers\u2019 manuscripts correctly. What were these conventions at a particular time and for a particular composer regarding rhythm, timing and agogic shadings, what was meant by dots and strokes and various symbols for accentuations, how were arpeggios executed, what would have been perceived as appropriate vibrato, or what was expected in terms of ornamentation and improvisation?<\/p>\n<p>B\u00e4renreiter seeks to recover the messages and performing practices that composers understood their notations to convey to performers. To this end many of our Urtext editions include information on performance practice. Even if you are playing on a modern instrument, this information will give you insights into the very essence of the music itself as the composer conceived it.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"grve-column wpb_column grve-bookmark grve-column-1-2  grve-with-bg-transparent\"><div class=\"grve-column-wrapper\"><div class=\"grve-column-content\" ><div class=\"grve-empty-space grve-height-3x\"><\/div><div class=\"grve-element grve-image grve-align-center\">\r\n\t<div class=\"grve-image-item\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\r\n<div class=\"grve-image-wrapper grve-no-effect\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"grve-thumbnail-wrapper\"  style=\"width: 700px;\"><div class=\"grve-thumbnail\"  style=\"padding-top: 93.286%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Urtext-Haufen.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Urtext-Haufen.jpg 1x,https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Urtext-Haufen.jpg 2x\" data-column-space=\"auto\" data-lazyload=\"\" data-grve-filter=\"yes\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><\/div>\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"grve-section grve-row-section grve-fullwidth-background grve-padding-top-1x grve-padding-bottom-1x grve-with-bg-transparent\" data-header-color=\"default\"><div class=\"grve-container\"><div class=\"grve-row grve-bookmark grve-columns-gap-default grve-mobile-vertical-gap-30\"><div class=\"grve-column wpb_column grve-bookmark grve-column-1  grve-with-bg-transparent\"><div class=\"grve-column-wrapper\"><div class=\"grve-column-content\" ><h3 class=\"grve-element grve-title grve-align-inherit grve-h4 grve-text-primary-1\"><span>Think of your next performance<\/span><\/h3><div class=\"grve-element grve-text\">\r\n\t\t\t<p>B\u00e4renreiter regularly updates editions to reflect new discoveries and research. With outdated editions or non-Urtext editions, many of which are free downloads or illegal copies, you miss out. Your performances miss out.<\/p>\n<p>Build your personal music library with B\u00e4renreiter Urtext editions.<\/p>\n<p>Make our print and digital editions your own. Take advantage of our expertise and complement it with your personal markings and comments which you will be able to refer to all your life.<\/p>\n<p>Make a B\u00e4renreiter Urtext edition a life-time investment.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"grve-section grve-row-section grve-fullwidth-background grve-padding-top-1x grve-padding-bottom-1x grve-with-bg-transparent\" data-header-color=\"default\"><div class=\"grve-container\"><div class=\"grve-row grve-bookmark grve-columns-gap-default grve-mobile-vertical-gap-30\"><div class=\"grve-column wpb_column grve-bookmark grve-column-1  grve-with-bg-transparent\"><div class=\"grve-column-wrapper\"><div class=\"grve-column-content\" ><div class=\"grve-element grve-text\">\r\n\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You can find more detailed information about our Urtext in <a style=\"color: #b81e40;\" href=\"https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/en\/jubilaeum\/with-great-music-no-stone-is-left-unturned\/\">this article<\/a>.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"grve-section grve-row-section grve-fullwidth-background grve-padding-top-1x grve-padding-bottom-1x grve-with-bg-transparent\" data-header-color=\"default\"><div class=\"grve-container\"><div class=\"grve-row grve-bookmark grve-columns-gap-default grve-mobile-vertical-gap-30\"><div class=\"grve-column wpb_column grve-bookmark grve-column-1  grve-with-bg-transparent\"><div class=\"grve-column-wrapper\"><div class=\"grve-column-content\" ><h3 class=\"grve-element grve-title grve-align-center grve-h4 grve-text-primary-1\"><span>YOUR NEXT PERFORMANCE<br \/>\nIS WORTH IT.<\/span><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n"},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":70,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_vp_custom_popup_image":0,"_vp_format_audio_url":"","_vp_album_images":[],"_vp_custom_thumbnail":0,"_vp_custom_thumbnail_focal_point":[],"_vp_custom_thumbnail_cover":0,"_vp_hover_thumbnail":0,"_vp_hover_thumbnail_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18797","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","grve-entry-item"],"acf":[],"wpml_current_locale":"en_US","wpml_translations":{"de_DE":{"locale":"de_DE","id":18719,"slug":"baerenreiter-urtext","post_title":"B\u00e4renreiter Urtext","href":"https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/baerenreiter-urtext\/"}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18797"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18810,"href":"https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18797\/revisions\/18810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}