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.: 561988
Volume II
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 432155
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 657861
for: Piano 4 hands
Item no.: 337097
Perahia Edition
op. 26–54
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 693429
Music engraving
Item no.: 1582682
Spanish Dance no. 6
with marked and unmarked string part
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 693424
for: Piano
Item no.: 555130
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401464
Original Keys for High Voice
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 778186
Hob. XXI:3
for: Choir, orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 480385
op. 42, op. 50, op. 54/55
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 486543
Edition without fingering
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1559396
for: Choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 401497
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1559400
for: Piano, orchestra
Klavierauszug
Item no.: 431472
for: Violoncello und Klavier, Klarinette (oder Viola) und Klavier
Set of parts
Item no.: 577059
for: 1 und 2 Klaviere
Partitur und Kritischer Bericht
Item no.: 609972
Item no.: 1634092
Item no.: 1634001
for: Voice, orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1559401
for: Voice, violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score
Item no.: 670699
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 179355
(Coronation Concerto)
for: Piano, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1704036
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1704041
Fingering: Walther Lampe + Andreas Groethuysen
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401188
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 577053
for: Piano
Item no.: 493450
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 401314
for: Flute, violin, viola, cello (flute quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 206434
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 401333
for: Orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 553463
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 461193
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 1634047
Complete Edition with critical report, paperbound, Reihe XV, Band 1
for: Organ [harpsichord], orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 776826
with an unmarked performance score and marked parts
for: 2 violins
Score, Parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 796424
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 335706
for: Piano
Item no.: 216036
Item no.: 1633993
Complete Edition, Abteilung V, Band 1
for: Violin, piano
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 775130
for: Piano 4 hands
Item no.: 401544
for: Voice, piano
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 335965
for: Piano
Item no.: 1634096
Urtext (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401132
for: Piano
Item no.: 1634099
Item no.: 1634003
for: Piano
Item no.: 493039
for: Piano
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 1634060