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What is an Urtext edition?

Notes are a communication from the composer to the performer; as in a letter, the inventor describes in as much detail as he deems necessary to understand his message, how the music he/she invented should sound. The musicians should therefore get as clear an idea as possible of the composer's idea.

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About the composers

and our editing method

Johann N. Hummel

About the libertyof the soloist, virtuosity and the "Hummel triangle".

Antonio Vivaldi

About the expression in the handwriting, beam angles and accidentals.

Carl Maria von Weber

About clarity, endings of legati and different versions.

Camille Saint-Saëns

About lightness, precision and "confusing" harmonies.
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