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.: 1704040
Item no.: 1634020
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos (sextet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 679996
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 675878
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 674475
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 673787
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 771960
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 672402
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 664623
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 662437
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 659521
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 636529
for: Orchestra
Kritischer Bericht
Item no.: 1634095
Triple Concerto
Critical report, paperbound
Complete Edition, Abteilung III, Band 1
for: Violin, cello, piano, orchestra
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 690294
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 657137
for: 2 KLAV 4MS
GEB
Item no.: 630389
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 745379
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 608742
for: Piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 668966
replaces HN 641
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 796411
for: Harpsichord [piano], string orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 688409
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 664645
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 663304
for: Violin
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 613328
for: Piano
Item no.: 602674
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696691
for: Choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 493031
for: Orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1634050
Original Version for High Voice
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 431992
for: Piano
Study score
Item no.: 431917
for: Organ
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 478955
Item no.: 1634104
for: Orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1634089
for: Klavier und Horn (Violoncello) oder Flöte (Violine) oder Mandoline
Item no.: 1634076
for: Orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1634038
for: Orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1634036
Complete Edition, Abteilung VI, Band 3
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 644489
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 625523
Songs for several voices with Piano, partly for choir
for: 1–4 voices [choir], piano
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401499
for: Sopran, Tenor und Klavier
Item no.: 401496
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 555135
Gesamtausgabe Abteilung III Bd. 1 (Complete edition)
for: Violin, cello, piano, orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 367132
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 137265
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 342451
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, cello
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 333246
Complete Edition, critical report, paperbound, Reihe I, Band 4
for: Symphonic orchestra
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 1012914
Complete Edition, Reihe VII
for: Chamber ensemble
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 769026