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.
First Edition
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 486512
two copies needed for performance
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Piano, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 143952
Additional Flute Part
for: Flute [violin], cello, piano
Single part Flute
Item no.: 647742
Urtext
for: Piano, string orchestra [string quartet]
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 133471
"Zur Namensfeier"op. 115
for: Orchestra
Additional parts: strings
Item no.: 1582696
Urtext
for: Piano, string orchestra [string quartet]
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 136785
Urtext
for: Piano, string orchestra [string quartet]
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 134899
"A Little Night Music"
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 561249
Kataloge Bayerischer Musiksammlungen Band 19
Book
Item no.: 1012890
Kataloge Bayerischer Musiksammlungen Band 15
Book
Item no.: 1012889
Sammlung Proske, Mappenbibliothek
Item no.: 1012887
Serie 17/3
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1012886
Kataloge Bayerischer Musiksammlungen 13
Item no.: 1012879
Festspiele von 1812 und 1822
Item no.: 1012845
Item no.: 1012844
for: Clarinet, piano
Single part Clarinet (B-flat)
Item no.: 401291
op. 20
for: String orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1646572
(Urtext)
for: Piano, string orchestra [string quartet]
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 138878
(Urtext)
for: Piano, string orchestra [string quartet]
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 133472
for: 3 violins, basso continuo
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 582853
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1690009
Hob. XVIII:10
for: Orgel (Cembalo) und Streicher
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 401288
Item no.: 1582687
Theatermusikalien 1
Item no.: 1012891
Item no.: 1012848
Item no.: 1012823
for: Soli, Chor und Klavier / Orgel
Partitur und Kritischer Bericht
Item no.: 1012808
for: Orchestra
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 1012801
für Streichorchester
op. 48
for: String orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 1646564
Kataloge Bayerischer Musiksammlungen 11 Bd. 7
Book
Item no.: 1018718
Klavierkonzert g-moll op. 33, DIN A1, Hochformat
Poster
Item no.: 1017799
Complete Edition, paperbound, Reihe I, Band 17
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1012918
for: Orchestra
Kritischer Bericht
Item no.: 1012885
Journal
Item no.: 1012875
Serie 25/8
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1012837
Item no.: 1012828
Klavierkonzert A-dur KV 488, DIN A1, Querformat
Item no.: 1012821
Die Oper, Kritische Ausgabe von Hauptwerken der Operngeschichte
Item no.: 1012816
Urtext
for: Piano, string orchestra [string quartet]
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 133371
zur Aufführung sind zwei Exemplare erforderlich
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1017539
Wissenschaftliche Gesamtausgabe, Kritischer Bericht
for: Piano
Item no.: 1012878
Kataloge Bayerischer Musiksammlungen
Item no.: 1012874
Répertoire International des Sources Musicales Volume V,1
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1012851
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1012850
Item no.: 1012833
Internationaler Brahms-Kongress Hamburg 1997
Item no.: 1012829
Reihe XXIII - Band 1a
for: Choir, orchestra
Dirigierpartitur
Item no.: 1582694
for: String orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1646577