No one should have the idea that Herr Henle is an arbiter on what
is or is not an urtext to anyone but himself. He is a publisher,
and urtext to him is a word which he hopes will help him sell his
stuff. Some (*not I*) might, with considerable justice, insist
that only a photocopy of something somehow original (is that
qualified enough?:-)) should be called an urtext. The reality is
that urtext is one of those concepts, like beauty and progress,
that has to mean different things to different people, and that's
the way it is. It is much more important that editions be good
than be urtext, and when the autograph doesn't exist and the
first publication was pirated, an edition isn't worth a bucket of
cac unless revised by a trained, experienced, and sympathetic
*composer*--*not* trained, talented, experienced, accomplished
professional musician, *not* concert performer and star, *not*
scholar, expert and reseacher, *not* engraver maven--*composer*.
:-)
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