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.
London Symphony
Studien-Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 745366
Item no.: 630401
Item no.: 630357
for: Orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 686468
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 577062
Version for 2 Violins and Viola
Studien-Edition
for: 2 violins, viola (trio)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 492813
Item no.: 1634008
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 377575
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 214313
for: Piano
Item no.: 401180
Item no.: 1633997
Item no.: 1633988
for: Piano 4 hands
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 1704057
for: Harp, string orchestra
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1479645
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1558922
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1646583
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1551837
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1646590
Original Keys for High Voice
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 464261
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401452
for: 2 Flöten, 2 Hörner, 2 Violinen und Basso
Item no.: 157734
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1634109
for: Theodery
Item no.: 1634097
for: Orchestra
Kritischer Bericht
Item no.: 1634052
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1634051
Item no.: 1634007
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696017
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 694113
Mit Kritischem Bericht
Gesamtausgabe Abteilung VIII Bd. 3 (Complete edition)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 299383
Item no.: 1634014
for: Klavier und Flöte (Violine)
Item no.: 609742
for: Piano 4 hands
Piano reduction
Item no.: 577074
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401230
for: String orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 341312
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 262222
Studien-Edition
for: 2 violins [flute, violin], cello
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 243340
for: 2 Oboen, 2 Hörner, 2 Violinen, 2 Violen und Basso
Item no.: 162930
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 216035
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 1634064
Item no.: 1634012
for: Piano
Item no.: 617087
for: Voice, piano
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 553465
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 602677
mit Kritischem Bericht
Serie I Band 4 (Gesamtausgabe) (Complete edition)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 582859
for: 2 horns, 2 violins, viola, cello/ double bass
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 555138
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401095
for: Baryton (viola) [viola da gamba/violin], viola, cello
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 191652
for: Blasinstrument und Orchester
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1634100