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, viola, cello (string trio)
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 553457
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401458
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401426
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 137652
Item no.: 1634072
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1017730
Complete Edition XXVII/2
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 458523
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 427755
(Urtext)
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 401527
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401465
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 401245
Item no.: 1634055
for: Double bass, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1017542
Arrangement for piano four-hands
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 621025
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 555133
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401102
Haydn Quartets
Studien-Edition
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 687358
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 682823
Item no.: 1634024
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1479647
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 609750
Parisian and London Symphonies
Studien-Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
23 Study scores (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1008669
Edition Urtext
Without fingering
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401402
Notebook
Item no.: 1642980
Piano works, Volume III
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401305
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401364
with parts for clarinet in B flat and C
for: Clarinet, bassoon
Score, Parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1688145
Edition Urtext
Paperbound
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1670947
Ausgabe für tiefe Stimme
for: Voice (low), piano
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1479646
(Appassionata)
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1552142
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 778192
Studien-Edition
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1549556
Serie 8/2op. 86
for: Choir, orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 193412
Serie IA Band 7Op. 77, Op.102
Kritischer Bericht
Item no.: 582858
Item no.: 1634071
for: Orchestra
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 1634030
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 664615
for: Piano
Item no.: 153825
for: Choir
Item no.: 148175
Complete Edition III/1
for: Violin, orchestra
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 401489
for: Piano
Item no.: 401443
for: 2 flutes, cello
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 178916
for: Recorder, basso continuo
Ensemble score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 817290
for: Piano
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 216976
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 745365
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696014
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 664662
Item no.: 1633983