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.
Joint publishing venture with Editio Musica Budapest Zeneműkiadó
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1558560
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 664644
for: Piano
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 745372
op. 59, 74, 95
Complete Edition, Abteilung VI, Band 4
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 140626
Complete Edition, Reihe XXV, Band 7I
for: Solo voices, orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 781465
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1634078
for: Choir, orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1634061
Item no.: 1634002
Item no.: 1633999
for: Organ
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 773486
Urtext Edition without fingering
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1558305
Triple Concerto
Urtext of the New Complete Edition
for: Violin, cello, piano, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 276759
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401169
from “Schwanengesang” D 957
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1646586
Studien-Edition
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 180821
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 555128
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 657869
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 692272
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 602671
for: Studies
Item no.: 1634106
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1017724
for: Orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1634057
Facsimile of the autograph
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 555143
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 401502
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: klavier oder orgel
Item no.: 486539
(Collection, Urtext)
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 401334
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 281161
for: Piano
Study score
Item no.: 262221
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 143747
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 647739
replaces HN 1312
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 796426
for: Piano
Item no.: 401355
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 401148
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401061
for: Piano
Item no.: 302960
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 609241
Book
Item no.: 118549
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1479627
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 688567
Edition without fingering
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696698
Item no.: 1633986
for: Clarinet, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 602682