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.
Urtext Edition without fingering
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1209866
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 193825
for: Organ
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 478955
for: 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoons (winds octet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 363357
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 184351
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 673787
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 137265
for: Mandolin, piano
Item no.: 147343
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, 2 solo parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 773506
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1713948
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 661947
for: Violin
Item no.: 401101
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401126
replaces HN 641
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 796411
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 674475
Study score
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 211387
for: Piano
Item no.: 401393
for: Piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 668966
Prussian Quartets
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 486516
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos (sextet)
Study score
Item no.: 1017540
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1558306
for: Organ
Item no.: 401405
Volume III
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401170
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401303
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 664623
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 663304
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 613307
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Score, Parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1558760
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1646575
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos (sextet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 679996
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 577011
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 630403
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 657137
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 659521
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696691
for: Violine und Generalbass
Item no.: 401159
(Urtext)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 401466
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 184349
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 664645
for: Piano
Item no.: 401129
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
Studien-Edition
for: Cello
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 621042