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: Voice, piano
Item no.: 1634083
Dirigierpartitur
Item no.: 483012
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 431854
for: Klavier, 2 Hörner, Violine und Violoncello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 401416
for: Piano
Score
Item no.: 486550
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 279757
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 695997
(Urtext)
for: Violin, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 609740
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction
Item no.: 576995
(Urtext)
for: 2 violins, cello, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 401435
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1012894
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1544067
Well-Tempered Clavier Part I
Edition without fingering
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 492999
(Urtext)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 401366
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 577022
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1017710
Song Cycle on Poems by Heine
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 796429
for: Kontrabass und Streichquartett
Klavierauszug mit Solostimmen
Item no.: 613319
from Song Cycle op. 39
Arrangement for Piano by Franz Liszt
Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 679822
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 678973
for: Wind instruments, Cello, double bass
Set of parts
Item no.: 773489
for: Voice (high), piano
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1549130
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 582843
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 243500
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Viola, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 268717
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 478958
Studien-Edition
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 431787
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 194817
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 621036
revised edition
replaces HN 120
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 638983
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 577056
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1690688
for: Flute, violin, viola
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 477751
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 164835
for: Piano
Item no.: 401117
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 646040
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 621035
with an unmarked score and two marked solo parts
for: 2 violins
Score, Parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 764769
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 556881
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 561992
Version for Violin
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 212849
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 136001
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401422
for: Piano
Item no.: 401242
for: Flute, clarinet, harp, 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 671357
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1704033
for: Viola, orchestra
Klavierauszug mit Solostimme
Item no.: 621030
with parts for horn in E flat and F
for: Clarinet (B-flat), bassoon, horn (E-flat), violin, viola, cello, double bass
Set of parts
Item no.: 486505