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.
Volume III
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401170
Volume II
Study Score
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 162321
for: Orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1634038
for: Orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1634036
Item no.: 1634016
Item no.: 1634013
Item no.: 1634005
for: Klavier und Horn (Violoncello) oder Flöte (Violine) oder Mandoline
Item no.: 1634076
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 625523
for: Blasinstrument und Orchester
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 553454
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401126
for: Violin
Item no.: 401101
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, cello
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 333246
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 184349
for: Mandolin, piano
Item no.: 147343
Study score
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 211387
for: Orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1634050
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 657137
for: Violine und Generalbass
Item no.: 401159
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 193825
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 342451
Complete Edition, Abteilung VI, Band 3
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 644489
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 661947
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 630403
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 659521
Songs for several voices with Piano, partly for choir
for: 1–4 voices [choir], piano
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401499
for: Sopran, Tenor und Klavier
Item no.: 401496
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 294299
Complete Edition, Reihe VII
for: Chamber ensemble
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 769026
for: String orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 638702
Version for Orchestra
Complete Edition, Reihe IV
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 274122
for: Piano
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 745373
for: Orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1634089
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1634032
for: Orchestra
Kritischer Bericht
Item no.: 1634095
for: 2 KLAV 4MS
GEB
Item no.: 630389
Mit Kritischem Bericht
Gesamtausgabe Reihe II (Complete edition)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 464260
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 118589
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 613307
for: String orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 341311
Henle Urtext
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1671197
for: Voice (high), piano
Item no.: 117552
mit Kritischem Bericht
Brahms Gesamtausgabe Serie V Bd. 2
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1551881
Serie 1/11
for: Orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 213936
for: Piano
Item no.: 477730
Studien-Edition
Joint publishing venture with Editio Musica Budapest Zeneműkiadó
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1558559
Sinfonien 1787-1789
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 577061
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 206524