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: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 771012
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 133985
with parts for Horn in E flat and F
for: 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoons (winds octet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 366592
for: 2 flutes, cello
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 178916
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Set of parts
Item no.: 335964
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 169980
for: Cello, piano
Piano reduction, 2 solo parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 773505
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 613309
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 464274
Water bottle
Item no.: 1024560
Triple Concerto
Urtext of the New Complete Edition
for: Violin, cello, piano, orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 276765
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Set of parts
Item no.: 796419
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 692274
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401543
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 577052
Complete Edition, clothbound, Reihe VII
for: Chamber ensemble
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 768906
for: Orchestra
Item no.: 1634022
for: Flute [violin], basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 671362
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 664771
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 664615
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 662439
Hob. XVI:32
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1690693
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 609745
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 692284
Item no.: 1633983
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
Catalogues of Music Collections in Bavaria 3
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 311954
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
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: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 688411
2 Books (Hardcover)
Item no.: 630317
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 602678