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 [harpsichord]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1559398
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1558759
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1558755
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 776830
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 771095
for: Cello, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 797024
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 796423
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos (sextet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1017697
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1704042
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1690684
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Music score (reprint, hardcover)
Item no.: 696872
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 695998
2 volumes in a slipcase
2 Books (Hardcover)
Item no.: 478964
Fassung für Klavier (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 493070
Complete Edition with critical report
Abteilung III
Band 5
for: Piano, orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 773861
Edition Urtext
Parts
paperbound
for: Oboe, violin, viola, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 134328
for: Piano
Item no.: 401225
for: Piano
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 401220
Early String Quartets
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 401175
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401093
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401069
for: Piano, orchestra
2 scores (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 745452
for: Choir, orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 553460
Mit Kritischem Bericht
Gesamtausgabe Serie I Bd. 1 (Complete edition)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 550391
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 333589
for: Orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 327388
(Urtext)
for: Oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 310651
for: Orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 241819
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 175255
for: Piano 4 hands
Item no.: 401548
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401483
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 401332
with marked and unmarked string part
for: Violin, basso continuo
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401331
for: Voice, piano
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1634094
for: Choir, orchestra
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 1634091
for: Orchestra
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 1634074
for: Orchestra
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 1634065
for: Choir, orchestra
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 1634053
for: Voice, piano
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 194579
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 188205
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 280953
for: Piano
Item no.: 310652
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 617085
for: Horn, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 764684
for: Piano
Item no.: 464265
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 674020
Urtext based on the new Beethoven Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Piano, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 345698
Edition without Fingering
Volume II
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 663927