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, orchestra
Studienpartitur
Item no.: 172232
for: Piano
Item no.: 1634099
Complete Edition, Abteilung V, Band 1
for: Violin, piano
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 775130
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 461193
for: Voice, piano
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 335965
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 335706
Complete Edition with critical report, clothbound, Reihe I, Band 15
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 298202
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 375758
for: 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoons (winds octet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 149809
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 663825
for: Blas- und Streichinstrumente
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 281179
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 281157
Original Keys for High Voice
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 778186
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 674474
with an unmarked performance score and marked parts
for: 2 violins
Score, Parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 796424
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 613308
(with Alla Turca)
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401473
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1646591
Item no.: 1634010
Item no.: 1634004
Version for Piano four-Hands
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 647940
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, 2 solo parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 611985
for: Piano
Item no.: 327385
for: Voice, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 160975
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 664630
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 561231
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 617085
for: Orchestra
Kritischer Bericht
Item no.: 1634090
for: Orchestra
Kritischer Bericht
Item no.: 1634067
No. 4 from Goyescas
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 675879
Edition without Fingering
Volume II
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 663927
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 663034
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 674320
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 673082
Study score
Item no.: 1634025
Item no.: 1634017
Complete Edition with critical report, clothbound, Serie IX, Band 4
for: Voice, orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1552219
The Carnival of the Animals
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Chamber ensemble
Set of parts
Item no.: 773495
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 796423
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1704042
Urtext Edition without fingering
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1209871
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1559398
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1558759
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1558755
Item no.: 1633996
Item no.: 1633992
Catalogues of Music Collections in Bavaria (KBM) 18
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 609269
for: String orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1646576