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.
without fingering
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 493449
for: Piano
Item no.: 630345
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 692278
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 686459
Version for Violin and Piano
unmarked part on demand
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 242095
(Urtext)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 171609
Edition without fingering
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1559394
in Hungarian Style
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696696
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1646588
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 688581
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401513
"Halle Sonatas"
with two separate Flute/Basso Continuo parts
for: Flute, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 213214
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696219
Second Tost Quartets
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 401183
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 486510
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1690691
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 609614
for: Piano
Item no.: 642645
for: Piano, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401414
Edition without fingering
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696697
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 675550
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 674321
Part 1: BWV 846-869
Edition without fingering
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 560791
Studien-Edition
for: Horn, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1692367
for: Streich- und Blasinstrumente
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1664181
Item no.: 1634002
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 636958
Item no.: 1633999
from “Schwanengesang” D 957
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1646586
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1690689
Two copies needed for performance
for: Harpsichord, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1558844
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1558761
Version for Violin
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1558757
Joint publishing venture with Editio Musica Budapest Zeneműkiadó
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1558560
Urtext Edition without fingering
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1558305
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696702
Edition without fingering
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696698
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696020
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 692273
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 692272
Book
Item no.: 118549
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1017724
On Poems by Eichendorff, Versions 1842 and 1850
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1017702
Item no.: 1633986
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 688567
Item no.: 1633979
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 602671
for: 2 oboes, 2 horns, 2 bassoons
Stimmensatz
Item no.: 613324