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.
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401203
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 613308
for: Viola, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 147813
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 686461
Urtext (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401132
Easy Piano Pieces
Volume II
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition, anthology)
Item no.: 401100
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401442
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 180274
for: Piano
Item no.: 160715
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1646591
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1012794
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 663825
for: Piano
Item no.: 493450
(with Alla Turca)
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401473
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401433
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401368
Item no.: 1634010
Item no.: 1634004
Item no.: 1634017
Complete Edition with critical report, clothbound, Serie IX, Band 4
for: Voice, orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1552219
Studien-Edition
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 688414
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, 2 solo parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 611985
for: Piano
Item no.: 608979
for: Voice, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 160975
for: Piano
Item no.: 327385
for: Orchestra
Kritischer Bericht
Item no.: 1634067
for: Orchestra
Kritischer Bericht
Item no.: 1634090
Item no.: 464257
for: Flute, violin, viola
Set of parts
Item no.: 461166
for: Violin, piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 427758
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1634111
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 644491
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 561231
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 664630
Study score
Item no.: 1634025
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 471277
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 488938
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 561989
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 279820
Item no.: 1633996
Item no.: 1633992
Catalogues of Music Collections in Bavaria (KBM) 18
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 609269
No. 4 from Goyescas
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 675879
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 674320
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 673082
for: String orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1646576
for: String orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1646560
Urtext Edition without fingering
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1209871