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: Violin, piano
Item no.: 609614
without fingering
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 493449
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 335707
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 692278
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 486549
Complete Edition XIV/5
for: Baryton (viola) [viola da gamba/violin], viola, cello
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 458522
Character Pieces
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401352
for: Violin, orchestra
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 745450
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 561239
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 688581
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 682581
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 281175
for: Orchestra
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 140708
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1634044
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401539
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 278604
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 664640
for: Piano 4 hands
Item no.: 478957
for: Orchestra
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 1634103
for: Orchestra
Partitur und Kritischer Bericht
Item no.: 1634035
Edition without fingering
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696697
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 674321
for: Klavier und Flöte (Violine)
Item no.: 333279
for: Piano
Item no.: 609513
Studien-Edition
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 674318
Version for Violin and Piano
unmarked part on demand
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 242095
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1646588
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 658334
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 658311
Early Viennese Quartets
Studien-Edition
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 764679
for: Piano
Item no.: 401408
for: Choir, orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 216034
Item no.: 174265
Item no.: 1634080
for: Piano
Item no.: 1634042
Facsimile of the autograph
for: Piano
Music score (reprint, hardcover)
Item no.: 636539
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 602673
(Urtext)
for: Alto saxophone, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 576997
Complete Edition, Reihe XXV, Band 7II
for: Solo voices, orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 781466
Item no.: 630341
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 555142
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Item no.: 171701
for: REC
Item no.: 1634110
for: Voice, piano
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 493990
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 137841
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 778188
for: Viola [violin], piano
Item no.: 310654
for: Piano
Item no.: 630405