Henle Publications in Munich is one of the largest traditional German publishers that specialise in classical music. Since it was founded in 1948, Henle has published almost exclusively Urtexts, original editions, by composers from all eras, especially Baroque to Classical Modern.
Günter Henle, an enthusiastic amateur pianist, founded Henle Publications on October 20th 1948 in Munich, where the company’s headquarters are still situated to this day. Henle found, when he sat at the piano, he was often frustrated by changes and corrections made to the original scores by editors and publishers. In his opinion, these new editions ignored the true intensions of the composers, so he decided to produce new editions based on original scores, and to make them accessible to everyone. He decided to use the term ’Urtext’, which he had read in a few critical editions, and it is this term which has now become so famous.
Today the Henle catalogue includes more than 1250 Urtext scores, mainly for solo instruments and chamber music ensembles, as well as several hundred music theory books. This also includes the complete works of many important composers, including Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms and Joseph Haydn, and many anthologies, including the series The Legacy of German Music.
Henle’s scores are prepared by a team of around 30 people, and are printed and bound in Germany. Since 1995, in addition to the famous blue Urtext editions, Henle Publications also offers study scores of selected works, and in 2016 they launched their digital sheet music collections, downloadable via their App.
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 617093
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano reduction, 2 solo parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 207941
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 664642
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1551832
edition with piano score, unmarked performance score (vc/bass) and marked part (vc)
for: Cello, double bass [piano]
Piano score, ensemble score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 773563
Arrangement for String Quartet
Studien-Edition
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 477639
for: Piano
Item no.: 401463
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401299
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 401237
for: Viola, harpsichord
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 298885
for: Piano
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 577018
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 661983
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 661949
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 582837
with marked and unmarked string part
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 630349
(Pastoral)
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 477749
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 778187
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 683714
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, cello
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1017032
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Chamber orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 664036
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696692
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696016
for: Wind ensemble
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696038
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 401240
for: Violin, cello, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 156173
for: Piano
Item no.: 401536
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401447
for: Klavier und Klarinette (Violine oder Violoncello)
Item no.: 401394
for: Oboe, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401406
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 298882
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 582833
for: Horn (E-flat) [trumpet], piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 667268
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 478962
with Beethoven's original cadenzas
– Two copies needed for performance –
for: Piano, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401415
with marked and unmarked string parts.
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 160396
for: Cello, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 582845
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 298467
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401378
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401123
(Urtext)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 401521
for: Violin, horn (E-flat) [viola/ cello], piano
Score, Parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 687142
(Urtext)
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 617082
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401229
for: Piano
Item no.: 617080
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Cello, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 486517
with marked and unmarked string parts
Fingering and bowing for Violin: Frank Peter Zimmermann
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 486511
(Minute Waltz)
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 272653
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696700