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 4 hands
Partitur und Kritischer Bericht
Item no.: 609973
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 579743
2 Books (Hardcover)
Item no.: 577065
for: Piano
Item no.: 241349
for: Piano
Item no.: 223284
Beethoven Gesamtausgabe Abteilung VI/ 2
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, cello
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 1651761
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Study score
Item no.: 461273
for: Piano 4 hands
Item no.: 291615
Complete Edition with critical report, paperbound, Reihe I, Band 15
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 133278
for: Streich- und Blasinstrumente
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1634068
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 688413
for: Voice (high/medium), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 646870
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 648340
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 553458
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 486544
Catalogues of Music Collections in Bavaria 21
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 369053
Item no.: 1634006
Item no.: 1634000
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition, anthology)
Item no.: 401509
with Soprano part
for: Voice (soprano), 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1017725
for: Piano
Item no.: 401259
Haydn Complete Edition Reihe XXIII/3
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 224602
for: Piano, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 182775
for: Orchestra
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 1582689
Complete Edition with critical report, clothbound
Serie II, volume 2
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, cello [Clarinet, 2 violins, viola, cello]
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 693320
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696010
for: Piano
Item no.: 401196
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 561988
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 683712
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 673711
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1551846
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 577007
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401453
Music engraving
Item no.: 1582682
for: 2 oboes, cor anglais
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 493030
Prussian Quartets
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 401181
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 401313
Perahia Edition
op. 26–54
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 693429
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 658336
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 634921
for: Piano
Item no.: 401089
Studien-Edition
for: Violin, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 193136
for: Piano
Item no.: 555130
Grobschmied-Variationen (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Piano
Item no.: 401351
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 657861
Easy Piano Music
Volume I
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition, anthology)
Item no.: 401133
Volume II
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 432155
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401464