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.
Mit Kritischem Bericht
Gesamtausgabe Serie I Bd. 1 (Complete edition)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 550391
Item no.: 1633996
for: Orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 327388
for: Orchestra
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 1634074
Complete Edition with critical report
Abteilung III
Band 5
for: Piano, orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 773861
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 644491
for: Piano
Item no.: 401225
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 471277
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 693423
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 796423
Item no.: 1634017
for: Piano
Item no.: 310652
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Music score (reprint, hardcover)
Item no.: 696872
Study score
Item no.: 1634025
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1690684
for: Piano
Item no.: 327385
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 561989
for: Piano
Item no.: 608979
for: Cello, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 797024
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1559398
Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra
Urtext
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 431812
for: Piano
Item no.: 401507
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 638973
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 673082
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 682414
Fassung für Klavier (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 493070
Studien-Edition
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 688414
Urtext Edition without fingering
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1209871
for: Piano
Item no.: 464265
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1704042
for: Violin, piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 427758
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401459
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401384
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 401332
with marked and unmarked string part
for: Violin, basso continuo
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401331
Edition without Fingering
Volume II
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 663927
The Carnival of the Animals
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Chamber ensemble
Set of parts
Item no.: 773495
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 617085
for: String orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1646576
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1558755
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, 2 solo parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 611985
replaces HN 1310
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 796427
for: Flute, violin, viola
Set of parts
Item no.: 461166
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 771095
for: Horn, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 764684
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 695998
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 674020
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401365