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
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 182832
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 174174
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 1634064
Item no.: 1634012
for: Piano
Item no.: 617087
for: Voice, piano
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 553465
for: Piano
Item no.: 224059
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 342353
Version for Violin
with marked and unmarked string parts
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1692182
Studienpartitur
for: Harp, string orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1479626
on Poems by Boris Sandler
for: Voice, piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1558865
Haydn Complete Edition Reihe XIII
for: Baryton
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 1678032
Edition without fingering
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1559395
Bischöfliche Zentralbibliothek Regensburg 15
Kataloge Bayerischer Musiksammlungen 14
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 610520
Band B I, 1
for: REC
Item no.: 1634048
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1544060
KV 375
for: 2 Klarinetten, 2 Hörner und 2 Fagotte
Study score
Item no.: 212231
RISM Serie B XV
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 154160
für Orchester
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 682823
für Klavier
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 683174
for: Blas- und Streichinstrumente
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 281177
Romantisches Charakterstück für Klavier
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 673789
(The Clock)
Studien-Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 770961
for: Violin, piano
Piano reduction, 2 Parts
Item no.: 666043
for: Orchestra
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 1634087
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 1634073
Item no.: 1634024
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 609738
for: Piano
Item no.: 602675
Study score
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 577029
for: Cello, piano
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 486537
for: Organ
Item no.: 431853
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 561227
for Piano and Wind Instruments and Harmonica Quintet
Studien-Edition
for: Oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 310620
Haydn Complete Edition Reihe XIII
for: Baryton
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 295932
for: Orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 367118
for: Baryton (viola) [viola da gamba/violin], viola, cello
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 341313
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401186
for: Orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 327386
Volume III
Studien-Edition
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 228407
(Raindrop)
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 486515
Notebook
Item no.: 1642980
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1479647
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 561191
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 279823
Item no.: 1704038
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, piano [harpsichord]
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401440