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: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1646575
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos (sextet)
Study score
Item no.: 1017540
replaces HN 641
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 796411
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos (sextet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 679996
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 673787
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 664645
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 672402
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 664623
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 662437
for: Piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 668966
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 771960
for: Harpsichord [piano], string orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 688409
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 675878
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 674475
for: Orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 299034
Item no.: 1634104
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1209864
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696691
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Score, Parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1558760
for: 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoons (winds octet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 363357
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 555135
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 493051
for: Piano
Study score
Item no.: 431917
for: Choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 493031
Item no.: 1634020
for: Wind ensemble
Set of parts
Item no.: 696039
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 608742
for: Piano
Item no.: 602674
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 577011
for: Violin
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 613328
Original Version for High Voice
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 431992
Complete Edition, critical report, paperbound, Reihe I, Band 4
for: Symphonic orchestra
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 1012914
Prussian Quartets
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 486516
for: Organ
Item no.: 401405
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 184351
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 636529
for: Piano
Item no.: 401393
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 137265
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 663304
for: Organ
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 478955
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401445
for: Piano
Item no.: 401129
Gesamtausgabe Abteilung III Bd. 1 (Complete edition)
for: Violin, cello, piano, orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 367132
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 333247
for: Cello, orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 328677
(Urtext)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 401466
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401303