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
Kritischer Bericht
Item no.: 1634077
Haydn Complete Edition Reihe XIII
for: Baryton
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 779287
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401121
Urtext Edition without fingering
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1558308
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, cello
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1552150
for: Violin, cello
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 635091
for: Piano
Item no.: 630407
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 647782
for: String orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1646568
for: Piano, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 608741
for: Piano
Item no.: 605968
for: Gamba (Viola)
Piano reduction, solo parts
Item no.: 602679
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 602383
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 745448
for: 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoons (sextet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 582849
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 582834
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 669364
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 664621
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 663228
for: Orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 213936
Gesamtausgabe Reihe I Bd. 1 (Complete edition)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 241818
for: Piano
Item no.: 161812
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 131500
Complete Edition, Abteilung V, Band 1
for: Violin, piano
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 775160
Complete Edition, Abteilung V, Band 2
for: Violin, piano
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 745447
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 276118
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 486547
for: Gesang, Gemischter Chor, Orchester
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 291439
for: 2 Klarinetten, Hörner und Fagotte
Set of parts
Item no.: 207949
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 488937
Dirigierpartitur
Item no.: 482925
for: Piano
Item no.: 362806
for: Piano
Item no.: 477730
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401434
for: Piano
Item no.: 401385
Urtext Edition
clothbound
Fingering: Hans-Martin Theopold
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401294
4 Volumes in a Slipcase
Studien-Edition
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
4 Study scores (hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 493088
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 493041
Edition for Low Voice
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1690714
for: Piano
Study score
Item no.: 431980
for: Trombone, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 609743
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 131496
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1558298
Edition without fingering
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 778193
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 160617
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 266213
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1209880