Associations to the word «Urtext»

Wiktionary

URTEXT, noun. A primitive, seminal, or prototypical example of an artistic genre or the basis of an ideological movement.
URTEXT, noun. (music) The original version of a piece of music, as created by the composer.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King