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: Piano
Item no.: 1634099
Item no.: 1634003
for: Piano
Item no.: 493039
for: Piano
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 1634060
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1017703
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1012794
for: Orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 553434
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Item no.: 374226
for: Orchestra
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 1582686
for: Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 486540
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401410
for: Blas- und Streichinstrumente
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 281179
for: Piano, orchestra
Studienpartitur
Item no.: 172232
for: 2 pianos
Klavierauszug
Item no.: 609238
Complete Edition with critical report, clothbound, Reihe I, Band 15
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 298202
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 162855
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1209867
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 647939
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 686461
Volume II
Studien-Edition
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 157164
Baroque
for: Flute, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401348
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 613308
for: Piano
Conductors part (Piano)
Item no.: 613303
for: 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoons (winds octet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 149809
for: String orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1646566
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 401149
Paris Symphony
Studien-Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 682817
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 682804
Protector
Item no.: 688408
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1012832
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1690715
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 166642
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401272
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 664614
for: Piano
Item no.: 607110
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1646591
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 613322
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401098
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 375758
for: Viola, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 147813
for: 2 violins
Ensemble score, solo parts
Item no.: 688647
for: Trombone, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 675881
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 613321
for: PIANO
Item no.: 225943
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401203
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 663825
for: Piano
Item no.: 229167
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401442