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: Orchestra
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 1582685
for: Piano 4 hands
Item no.: 486538
for: Glasharmonika (Klavier), Flöte, Oboe, Viola und Violoncello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 278213
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
6 Study scores (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 695299
Complete Edition XXXI
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 559070
Item no.: 554276
Item no.: 429888
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, piano (piano quintet)
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 294041
Urtext Edition without fingering
for: Voice, piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 268728
for: Piano 4 hands
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 746294
for: Violin, orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 745449
for Piano and Orchestra
Edition for two pianos
for: 2 pianos
Ensemble score
Item no.: 674543
for: 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoons (sextet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 582848
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 577013
for: Oboe, Fagott, Violine, Violoncello und Orchester
Piano reduction
Item no.: 471395
for: Choir, orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 217501
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 206431
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1634070
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1634045
Item no.: 1633981
for: Piano 4 hands
Kritischer Bericht
Item no.: 1582697
for: Orchestra
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 1582691
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1017700
for: Piano
Item no.: 401454
Puzzle
Item no.: 697539
Edition without fingering
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696699
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 602670
for: Wind instruments, Cello, double bass
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 773490
First Lodron Night Music
for two horns in F, two violins, viola and cello (double bass)
for: 2 horns, 2 violins, viola, cello/ double bass
Set of parts
Item no.: 682822
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401533
for: Piano
Item no.: 602386
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 478849
for: Piano
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 796638
Complete Edition with critical report, paperbound, Abteilung VI, Band 5
2 volumes
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 657481
for: 2 Flöten und Violoncello
Set of parts
Item no.: 401436
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1317358
Item no.: 260922
for: Orchestra
Item no.: 143537
for: Cembalo (Klavier) und Orchester
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1634084
Complete Edition, Abteilung VI, Band 3
additionally with first version of op. 18 no. 1
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 581340
for: Alto saxophone, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 576996
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 401428
for Piccolo and Piano
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Piccolo, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 658337
for: Voice (high),horn [cello], piano
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 613327
for: Piano
Item no.: 401419
for: Piano
Item no.: 208173
Item no.: 1634086
Item no.: 1633989