urtext

urtext

The foundation, origin, or roots of something, especially an artistic work or cultural phenomenon; the original source or inspiration for many similar or related things that followed it. The term was originally applied to the earliest versions of scriptures, literary works, and musical compositions, but it is now used more broadly. I think "The Catcher in the Rye" can be seen as the urtext for the many novels about disillusioned teens that followed it. The urtext of the movement seems to be a speech he gave 10 years ago.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • in residence
  • residence
  • model (oneself or something) on (someone or something else)
  • model on
  • modeling
  • the/an/(one's) artistic style
  • king of the jungle
  • king of (the) beasts
  • king of beasts
  • have legs
References in periodicals archive
Urtext. (Nene Ausgabe samtlicher Werke, VII.) (Barenreiter Urtext.) Barenreiter, 2015.
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Wiener Urtext Edition, Schott/Universal Edition, 2017.
Clementi-Czerny-Cramer: 32 Easy Piano Pieces With Practice Tips (Urtext)
(5) 'About', Urtext Films, Vimeo, <https://vimeo.com/urtext/about>, accessed 21 July 2017.
FORGED BY FIRE: Food, Family and Culture in Matthew Salleh's Barbecue
As a fan of Urtext editions, I am always glad to see another.
Konzert fur Horn und Orchester D-dur mit zwei Rondofassungen, KV. 412/514 (386b)
These new Urtext editions of Schumann's first and second song cycles composed in 1840, his "year of song," are welcome additions to the catalog of scholarly editions available to discriminating singers.
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856). Dichterliebe fur Singstimme und Klavier, Opus 48
For example, the investigator should not assume that an "original simplicity" is indicative of an older core or source, or that an Urtext exists from which later forms evolved.
Identitat durch Gebet: Zur gemeinschaftsbildenden Funktion institutionalisierten Betens in Judentum und Christentum
(For instance, we know that Ida of Athens was an Urtext for
Romanticism and Male Fantasy in Byron's 'Don Juan': A Marketable Vice
Where its final form grips, this Urtext sags diffusely, paragraphs of irresistible impetus, tautly rendered here, running up against sudden drops in tension.
Inspired orchestra rekindles the Sibelius flame; Sibelius Weekend - Lahti Symphony Orchestra Symphony Hall
Barenreiter-Verlag and technology company Tido have announced a new partnership giving pianists and music lovers access to a wide range of internationally renowned Urtext music editions in a revolutionary new format.
Tido, Barenreiter Bring Urtext Editions To Web
Reduction pour piano d'apres le Urtext des Editions completes des Ceuvres de Gluck par Hans Vogt.
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Readers of this column may know of the Henle Urtext edition of the Beethoven Sonata, a fine critical edition of this seminal work based on the Collected Works of Beethoven published in 1993.
Sonate fur Horn oder Violoncello und Klavier
He has also recently prepared a forthcoming Urtext edition of Bizet's Carmen.
Berlioz and Debussy: Sources, Contexts and Legacies: Essays in Honour of Francois Lesure