Scholars concerned with editing text, principally Germanists and musicologists, have placed a central editorial concept, that of textual criticism, centre-stage. In the course of the past decades, a development has taken place in this area, combined with new thoughts, but also with constant irritations. The contemporary significance and function of textual criticism are discussed using concrete examples.

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Ulrich Müller , Universität Salzburg, Österreich.