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.
Complete index
International Inventory of Musical Sources.
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 297369
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1646593
for: Orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 137058
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1558602
for: Singstimme mit verschiedenen Instrumenten
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 431669
Serie 1/11
for: Orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 332194
Hob. XVII:4
for: Piano
Item no.: 401515
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 401269
Gesamtausgabe mit kritischem BerichtHob. XXI:3
for: Choir, orchestra
Partitur und Kritischer Bericht
Item no.: 480384
Studien-Edition
for: Harpsichord, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1558843
for: Flötenuhr
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 553459
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1634059
Item no.: 1634027
for: Piano
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 664361
Urtext Partitur mit 1 Stimmensatz (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 2 violins, cello, piano
Score, Parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401155
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 206432
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 492939
Item no.: 1704056
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 609737
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Item no.: 577014
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 486546
for: Piano
Item no.: 401392
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 368894
for: Piano
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 293283
Item no.: 180234
with two separate Flute/Basso Continuo parts
for: Flute, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 272018
for: 2 Oboen, 2 Klarinetten, 2 Bassetthörner, 4 Hörner, 2 Fagotte und Kontrabass
Study score
Item no.: 212230
Item no.: 1633990
for: Orchestra
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 1582693
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 613326
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401418
for: Piano, orchestra
Item no.: 301453
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 602676
Prussian Quartets
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 401181
Studien-Edition (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 310619
Studien-Edition
for: Violin, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 193136
for: Orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 187642
Complete Edition with critical report, clothbound, Reihe XV, Band 1
for: Organ [harpsichord], orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 776825
for: Chamber orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 609751
for: 2 pianos
Set of parts
Item no.: 602388
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 577007
for: 2 oboes, cor anglais
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 493030
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition, anthology)
Item no.: 401231
for: Piano
Book (Hardcover), CD-ROM
Item no.: 336766
Item no.: 1634009
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, cello
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 745359
for: Orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1634040
for: Chamber ensemble
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 333250
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