Bärenreiter — The German Urtext Canon

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Bärenreiter.

The German urtext canon since 1923. Founded in Kassel by Karl Vötterle, Bärenreiter defined the modern scholarly editorial standard for Bach, Mozart, Handel, Schubert, Berlioz and the Western classical canon.

Founded
1923
City
Kassel, DE
Editions
10,482
Catalogue
40 departments
The Bärenreiter Catalogue

Bärenreiter's editorial committees produce the urtext editions used by every conservatory in Europe and America. The Neue Bach-Ausgabe, the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe, the Hector Berlioz New Edition of the Complete Works, and the Bärenreiter Urtext series are the gold-standard editions performers turn to for the composer's text — restored, decisions of later editors stripped away.

Below: the full Bärenreiter departmental catalogue, organised as the publisher itself organises it. Forty departments — from Anthologies through Wind Sets — covering every working format an orchestra, choir, conservatory or church-music programme requires.

Catalogue · A — C

A — C

Anthologies through Choral.

A

Anthologies

Curated collections — period, theme, instrument.
B

Books on Music

Music history, theory and biography in print.
C

CDs

Bärenreiter recorded catalogue on disc.
C

Chamber Music

Quartets, quintets, sextets and beyond.
C

Choral Anthologies

Curated choral collections — sacred, secular, period.
C

Choral Music

SATB through unison, sacred and secular.
C

Complete Editions

The Neue Mozart-Ausgabe and other complete works.
C

Composer Series

Dedicated editorial series per composer.
C

Critical Commentary

Scholarly apparatus to the urtext editions.
E

Editions of Selected Works

Composer-curated working selections.
F

Facsimiles

Manuscript and first-edition facsimiles.
L

Libretti & Texts

Opera and oratorio texts in original languages.
L

Lied

The German art song canon — Schubert through Strauss.
Catalogue · C — P

C — P

Opera through Performance and Piano.

O

Opera

Full opera scores, parts and reductions.
O

Opera Vocal Scores

Opera vocal scores for performance.
O

Orchestra

Symphonic full scores and rental parts.
O

Organ

Solo organ literature — Bach through contemporary.
O

Organ Reductions

Orchestral reductions for organ.
P

Parts

Individual instrumental parts.
P

Performance Scores

Working scores for the conductor and ensemble.
P

Piano

Solo piano repertoire — urtext-edited.
P

Piano Reductions

Operatic and orchestral works reduced for piano.
S

Sacred Choral Music

Liturgical and sacred choral repertoire.
S

Scholarly Editions

Critical, scholarly-edited urtext editions.
S

Scores

Full scores across the catalogue.
S

Secular Choral Music

Concert and secular choral literature.
Catalogue · P — W

P — W

Parts through Strings, Urtext, Vocal, Wind.

S

Set of Parts

Complete part sets for ensemble use.
S

Singing Scores

Performance vocal scores for singers.
S

Solo Voice

Solo vocal literature — recital and audition.
S

Solo Voice & Lied

The combined solo voice and German lied catalogue.
S

String Ensembles

Mixed string ensemble repertoire.
S

String Quartets

String quartet — Haydn through contemporary.
S

String Quintets

String quintet repertoire.
S

String Trios

String trio repertoire.
S

Strings

Solo and chamber literature for strings.
S

Study Scores

Pocket study scores — analysis and reading.
U

Urtext

The original-text editions — composer-as-intended.
V

Vocal Scores

Vocal scores for performance and rehearsal.
W

Wind Instrument Scores

Wind solo and ensemble scores.
W

Wind Sets

Wind ensemble part sets.
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Breitkopf & Härtel

The world's oldest music publisher — Leipzig 1719.
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G. Henle Verlag

The modern Urtext authority — Munich 1948.
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Schott Music

Mozart's first publisher — Mainz 1770.
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