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: Studies
Item no.: 1634106
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1017724
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 602671
two copies needed for performance
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Piano, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 143952
for: Orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1634057
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 657869
Urtext Edition, paperbound, revised edition
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 647745
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 609241
Facsimile of the autograph
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 555143
First Edition
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 486512
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 401502
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Set of parts
Item no.: 401160
for: Klavier, 2 Violinen und Violoncello
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 376152
Item no.: 297368
On Poems by Eichendorff, Versions 1842 and 1850
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1017702
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 692273
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 647785
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 612641
for: klavier oder orgel
Item no.: 486539
(Collection, Urtext)
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 401334
for: Piano
Item no.: 401310
Volume I
1768–1785
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401292
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 281161
for: Piano
Study score
Item no.: 262221
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1479627
Fingering: Hans-Martin Theopold
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1702796
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401377
for: Clarinet, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 602682
for: Piano
Item no.: 486530
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 473338
for: Cello, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 471397
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 464275
for: Choir, orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1634046
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1017030
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 636958
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 555128
Textbuch/Libretto
Item no.: 553461
for: Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 486541
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 401148
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 223190
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 143747
Item no.: 1633979
for: Violin
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 693419
Paris Symphony
Studien-Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 682818
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 662440
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 486545
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401061
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401531