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.
Item no.: 1633998
for: Piano, orchestra
5 Study scores (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 187791
for: Piano
Item no.: 461282
Part 2: BWV 870-893
Edition without fingering
Henle Studien-Edition
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 157163
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: 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
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
(Coronation Concerto)
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1704037
Urtext Edition without fingering
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1209874
for: Flöte/Piccolo-Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette, Horn, Fagott, Bass-Klarinette in b
Study score
Item no.: 617095
for: 2 Oboen, 2 Klarinetten, 2 Bassetthörner, 4 Hörner, 2 Fagotte und Kontrabass
Set of parts
Item no.: 247583
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 136701
for: Voice, piano
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1634102
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 662441
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 610169
for: Organ, strings
Conductor score
Item no.: 401172
for: 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos (quintet)
Taschenpartitur
Item no.: 486513
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 693415
for: 3 violins, basso continuo
Score, Parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 582851
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 577057
for: Viola, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 492702
Urtext Edition without fingering
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1711675
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1704035
for: Viola, piano
Item no.: 630355
from "Mikrokosmos"
Joint publishing venture with Editio Musica Budapest
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 688643
Arrangement for Piano
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 773579
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696709
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 664124
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401387
Small Suite for Piano
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401363
Volume I
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401356
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401205
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401185
for: Viola
Item no.: 401451
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 554864
Music engraving
Item no.: 745382
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 132015
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 621037
Version for 2 Violins and Viola
Studien-Edition
for: 2 violins, viola (trio)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1671033
op. 16
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 1690543