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: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1690715
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 664614
Protector
Item no.: 688408
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1012832
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 582835
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1552160
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 692275
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1017703
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 561163
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401248
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1704052
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1012794
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1209867
for: Flöte/Piccolo-Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette, Horn, Fagott, Bass-Klarinette in b
Set of parts
Item no.: 617094
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 577053
Card game
Item no.: 1559392
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401065
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1704041
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 281157
(with Alla Turca)
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401473
for: Piano, orchestra
Studienpartitur
Item no.: 172232
for: 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoons (winds octet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 149809
for: Viola, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 147813
Volume II
Studien-Edition
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 157164
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 166642
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 663825
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 464271
for: Flute, violin, viola, cello (flute quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 206434
for: Piano
Item no.: 493450
for: Trombone, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1012806
Original Keys for High Voice
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 778186
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 375758
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 613308
for: Trombone, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 675881
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 674474
Paris Symphony
Studien-Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 682817
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 682804
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 613321
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 401149
Urtext (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401132
Easy Piano Pieces
Volume II
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition, anthology)
Item no.: 401100
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401098
for: Piano
Item no.: 607110
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 180274
for: 2 violins
Ensemble score, solo parts
Item no.: 688647
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 686461
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 647939
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401433