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, 2 violas, cello
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1552150
Edition without fingering
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 778193
Fourth Book
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 561580
for: Piano
Item no.: 362806
Edition for Low Voice
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1690714
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 688580
with Soprano part
for: Voice (soprano), 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1658312
for: Harpsichord [piano], string orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1355464
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1317352
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1551853
(Urtext)
for: Alto saxophone, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 576997
Early Viennese Quartets
Studien-Edition
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 764679
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696026
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 693413
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1646559
for: Harpsichord [piano], string orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 796884
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 778188
Two copies needed for performance
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 773562
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 796421
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 669287
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 664941
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 664772
for: Piano
Item no.: 630405
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 621028
Facsimile of the autograph
for: Piano
Music score (reprint, hardcover)
Item no.: 636539
Item no.: 630341
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 582842
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 602673
mit Solo. Nach Henle-Gesamtausgabe (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Piano, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 146768
for: Piano
Item no.: 609513
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 674318
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 674580
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 664901
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 664640
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 486923
for: Clarinet (B-flat), bassoon, horn (E-flat), violin, viola, cello, double bass
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 486506
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 486549
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 555142
for: Piano 4 hands
Item no.: 478957
Item no.: 1634080
for: Choir, orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 480387
4 Volumes in a Slipcase
Studien-Edition
for: Piano, instruments
4 Study scores (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 431974
for: Piano
Item no.: 401408
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 335707
International Inventory of Musical Sources (RISM) B XIV,2
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 180233
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 281175
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1634044
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 658334