These are urtext editions, and cover the entire work of the selected composer.

(Today, students are usually encouraged to work from an Urtext edition.)

Urtext editions are also easier to read than facsimiles.

The most commonly used Urtext edition is by Eulenberg, published in the 1880s.

The rise of Urtext editions beginning in the late nineteenth century all but eliminated accretions.

Typically, an urtext edition will include a preface indicating what sources were consulted by the editor.

The catalogue now comprises around 900 Urtext editions.

An Urtext edition is also published by Henle.

He is currently editing a new Urtext edition of Beethoven's piano sonatas.

Urtext editions of instrumental music from Prima la musica!

The pronounced swing towards Urtext editions ... is a healthy sign.

Web sites of publishers who issue urtext editions:

Urtext editions also differ from interpretive editions, which offer the editor's personal opinion on how to perform the work.

Yet performers of classical music use the term "urtext" frequently, because they usually value urtext editions highly.

An urtext edition, making use of the new findings (1975) resulting from the discovery of an original copy hand-corrected by the composer.

In collaboration with Schott, they have published the Wiener Urtext Edition series since 1972.

Preface to the Urtext Edition.

In classical music, the term has a more literal meaning, namely the version of the music as it was created by the composer; see Urtext edition.

Urtext editions represent a particular publishing focus today in Edition Peters, especially in the area of 18th and 19th century oratorio.

At the heart of G. Henle Publishers' programme are the so-called practical Urtext editions.

Urtext Edition by A. Glise.

The urtext edition adds value to what the performer could get from a facsimile by integrating evidence from multiple sources and exercising informed scholarly judgment.

William S. Newman suggests that in contemporary music teaching, urtext editions have become increasingly favored, though he expresses some ambivalence about this development:

Urtext editions differ from facsimile editions, which simply present a photographic reproduction of one of the original sources for a work of music.

Sonata for Solo Violin: Urtext Edition.