Mozart is known to have died while working on his Requiem. What we hear in concerts is therefore not just his music. Meanwhile an examination of the sources has verified which parts Mozart composed and what was added at a later date.
“Art and science alone elevate mankind to divinity … True art is imperishable.“
Thus the words with which Beethoven, born in Bonn on the River Rhine in December 1770, proclaimed his artistic credo. In 2020 musicians and music-lovers from all over the world celebrated the 250th birthday
'Urtext'. The very word smacks of dusty libraries and crumbling manuscripts that have to be handled with kid gloves. But behind the idea of 'Bärenreiter Urtext' are people passionately devoted, then and now, to living music. People who consider music a...
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Bärenreiter is known worldwide for their scholarly-critical editions that aim to present a musical text as close as possible to the composer’s intentions and that at the same time satisfy the needs of the performer. Bärenreiter’s large catalogue comprises vocal and instrumental music of all genres from the Renaissance to the present day, including orchestral music and numerous Complete Editions. The renowned encyclopedia „Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart“ has brought Bärenreiter much acclaim as well as their books on music and their educational catalogue.