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: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 686461
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 647939
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401433
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401410
Baroque
for: Flute, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401348
for: Piano
Item no.: 160715
for: Piano
Conductors part (Piano)
Item no.: 613303
for: Piano
Item no.: 401441
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401368
with violin parts in scordatura and in standard notation
for: Flute, violin, basso continuo
Piano score, 2 solo parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 613323
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 613322
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1646591
for: String orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1646566
Suite in the Old Style
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401412
Two copies needed for performance
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 289082
for: Piano
Item no.: 229167
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 621031
Fingering: Walther Lampe + Andreas Groethuysen
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401188
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401442
for: PIANO
Item no.: 225943
op.46
for: Organ
Item no.: 1688110
Volume IV
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1684883
Complete Edition with critical report, clothbound, Serie IX, Band 4
for: Voice, orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1552219
for: Voice, piano
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 194579
Monuments of Music (The Legacy of German Music Volume 105)
Item no.: 464257
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1558759
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1701834
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 188205
for: Choir, orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 553460
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1634111
Item no.: 1634004
for: Voice, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 160975
for: Choir, orchestra
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 1634091
for: Orchestra
Kritischer Bericht
Item no.: 1634090
for: Piano, orchestra
2 scores (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 745452
for: Voice, piano
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1634094
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 561231
for: Orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 241819
for: Choir, orchestra
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 1634053
Item no.: 1633992
for: Orchestra
Kritischer Bericht
Item no.: 1634067
for: Orchestra
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 1634065
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 175255
2 volumes in a slipcase
2 Books (Hardcover)
Item no.: 478964
Item no.: 1634010
Catalogues of Music Collections in Bavaria (KBM) 18
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 609269
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 488938
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 333589