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
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1634058
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1634037
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 745362
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 276118
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401091
Gesamtausgabe Reihe I Bd. 1 (Complete edition)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 241818
Item no.: 1633982
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 206524
for: 2 violins, cello, piano
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1634041
for: Singstimme, Violine und Klavier
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 1634034
Haydn Complete Edition Reihe XIII
for: Baryton
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 779287
Complete Edition, Abteilung V, Band 1
for: Violin, piano
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 775160
for: 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoons (sextet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 582849
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 487625
op. 59, 74, 95
Complete Edition, Abteilung VI, Band 4
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 486867
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 275355
for: Orchestra
Kritischer Bericht
Item no.: 1634077
Kritischer Bericht
Item no.: 1634033
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 745361
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 486547
for: String orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 342567
for: Violin, orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 281173
for: Violin, cello, orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 335290
Complete Edition, Abteilung V, Band 2
for: Violin, piano
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 745447
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 493989
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1634081
Item no.: 577060
for: Piano
Item no.: 555129
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 488937
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 745448
Complete Edition with critical report, clothbound, Abteilung I, Band 5
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 776831
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 796418
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1634075
Item no.: 1633985
Dirigierpartitur
Item no.: 482925
for: Piano
Study score
Item no.: 431980
for: Piano
Item no.: 401097
for: Piano, orchestra
2 scores (with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 745451
Complete Edition with critical report, paperbound, Abteilung I, Band 5
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 776832
Complete Edition, clothbound, Reihe VII
for: Chamber ensemble
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1703390
(Urtext)
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401214
for: Piano
Item no.: 605968
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 171067
Item no.: 1634021
Partitur
Item no.: 1634018
for: 2 horns, 2 violins, viola, cello/ double bass
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 682809
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1558557
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 582834