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
Item no.: 486528
for: Singstimme, Klavier
Item no.: 577012
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 401495
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 561230
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 185263
for: 2 harpsichords [2 pianos]
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 692285
for Oboe and Piano
Version for Clarinet
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 401423
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401198
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401122
(Erdödy Quartets)
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 301319
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, cello
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 188120
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 682807
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 664616
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 343732
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 561581
Original cadenza no. 1 also in a version by Eugène Ysaÿe
with marked and unmarked string part
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 657863
for: Piano
Item no.: 561990
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 679843
two copies needed for performance
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 582839
for: Piano
Item no.: 401103
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 162032
for: Piano
Item no.: 303806
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 609239
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 663225
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 464263
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, 2 solo parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 630326
Urtextausgabe ohne Fingersatz (Urtext)
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 493446
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 674319
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 607111
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 636617
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 155694
two copies necessary for performance
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 630399
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401302
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 688453
Piano works, Volume III
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401341
Volume II
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401168
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401224
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 778190
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 674138
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 582836
with parts for clarinet in B flat and C
for: Clarinet, bassoon
Score, Parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 577001
Music paper
Item no.: 577436
for: Clarinet (violin), viola (cello), piano
Piano score, 2 solo parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 478952
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 630350
for: Piano
Item no.: 617084
for: Clarinet, horn, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 617097
for: Piano
Item no.: 401153
(Military)
Studien-Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 770862