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.
Volume I: Italian Quartets, Salzburg Divertimenti
Studien-Edition
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 796414
Complete Edition with critical report
clothbound, Serie I, Band 8
for: Piano, orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 693984
Hoffmeister Quartet and Prussian Quartets
Studien-Edition
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 664900
for: 2 Geigen, Bratsche und Violoncello
Set of parts
Item no.: 401182
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 291611
(Militaire)
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 289401
for: 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoons (winds octet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 136269
for: Flute [violin], basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 671362
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 662439
Catalogues of Music Collections in Bavaria 3
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 311954
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 693415
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 370209
for: Orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 348141
for: 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos (quintet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 302274
Item no.: 1634015
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 664124
Henle Urtext Editions
for: 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoons (winds octet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 657133
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 655299
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 625521
for: Piano
Item no.: 613310
Studien-Edition
for: Horn (E-flat), violin, 2 violas, cello
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 555140
for: Piano
Item no.: 486521
for: Piano
Item no.: 401145
for: Piano
Item no.: 362804
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Set of parts
Item no.: 335964
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 688411
2 Books (Hardcover)
Item no.: 630317
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 602678
for: 3 violins, basso continuo
Score, Parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 582851
Item no.: 1633998
for: Piano, orchestra
5 Study scores (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 187791
for: Piano
Item no.: 461282
Music engraving
Item no.: 745382
Part 2: BWV 870-893
Edition without fingering
Henle Studien-Edition
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 157163
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 609745
for: Baryton (viola) [viola da gamba/violin], viola, cello
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 458521
for: Piano
Item no.: 401411
for: Voice
Item no.: 190605
for: Voice, piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401492
Mit Kritischem Bericht (Gesamtausgabe) (Complete edition)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 431982
for: Organ, strings
Conductor score
Item no.: 401172
for: Flute, violin, viola
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 461214
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 630390
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 140691
for: Piano
Item no.: 281049
from "Mikrokosmos"
Joint publishing venture with Editio Musica Budapest
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 688643
Early Viennese Quartets
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 764776
Edition without fingering
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1558295