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: Flute, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 298465
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 159611
for: Clarinet (a), 2 violins, viola, cello
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696710
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 582856
for: Violin, piano [harpsichord]
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401166
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 188610
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401164
for: Clarinet, piano
Item no.: 461233
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696047
for: Piano
Item no.: 401316
for: Piano
Item no.: 613311
and Fragment K. Anh. 91 (516c)
Studien-Edition
for: Clarinet, 2 violins, viola, cello
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 331364
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 401165
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 674135
Three Sonatas attributed to J. S. Bach
for: Flute, harpsichord [piano]
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401306
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 688565
(Sun Quartets)
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 493004
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696695
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401308
(Urtext)
for: Violin, piano
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 327695
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401216
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 577006
Triple Concerto
Urtext of the New Complete Edition
Henle Studien-Edition
for: Violin, cello, piano, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 289809
for: Violin, viola
Item no.: 223162
for: Piano
Item no.: 369648
for: Piano, orchestra
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 664633
for: Piano
Item no.: 401345
for: Piano
Item no.: 215008
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696051
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 682409
with parts for Horn in E flat and F
for: Horn (E-flat), violin, 2 violas, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 555139
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Set of parts
Item no.: 275790
for: Piano
Item no.: 184173
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1012913
for: Piano
Item no.: 401468
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401430
for Clarinet (B flat/C), Bassoon, Horn (F/C), 2 Violins, Viola, Violoncello, Double Bass
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Clarinet, horn, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass
Set of parts
Item no.: 617096
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 144457
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1559399
for: Piano
Item no.: 401522
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 663030
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 621033
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 577038
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 281183
Arrangement for Piano
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 673520
for: Piano
Item no.: 617081
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1556857
for: Piano, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 401397