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.: 367504
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 280953
for: Piano, orchestra
2 scores (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 745452
for: Choir, orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 553460
Mit Kritischem Bericht
Gesamtausgabe Serie I Bd. 1 (Complete edition)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 550391
for: Voice, piano
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 194579
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 188205
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 488938
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 471277
Complete Edition with critical report
Abteilung III
Band 5
for: Piano, orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 773861
replaces HN 1310
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 796427
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401459
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401384
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401365
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401344
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 401332
with marked and unmarked string part
for: Violin, basso continuo
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401331
with the Funeral March (Marche funèbre)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 401260
Urtext based on the new Beethoven Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Piano, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 345698
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 333589
for: Orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 327388
for: Piano
Item no.: 310652
(Urtext)
for: Oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 310651
for: Orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 241819
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 175255
Item no.: 1634016
Item no.: 1634013
Item no.: 1634005
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, strings, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1550514
for: Cello
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1558763
Two copies needed for performance
for: Piano, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1558762
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Score, Parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1558760
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1558306
Umbrella
Item no.: 1556298
on Poems by Heine
Edition for Low Voice
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 767290
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696700
for: Wind ensemble
Set of parts
Item no.: 696039
Two copies needed for performance
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 796885
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, 2 solo parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 773506
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 770824
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1209877
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1209876
Urtext Edition without fingering
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1209866
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1209864
with Soprano part
for: Voice (soprano), 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1317351
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 118589
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1646587
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1646584