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: Orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1012866
KBM 1
Item no.: 1012831
Die Oper, Kritische Ausgabe von Hauptwerken der Operngeschichte
Item no.: 1012814
Serie 17/2
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1012800
Wissenschaftliche Gesamtausgabe mit Kritischem Bericht
Study score
Item no.: 1012796
"A Little Night Music"
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 561250
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 167187
Complete Edition with critical report, paperbound, Reihe I, Band 5b
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 1012921
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1012849
Item no.: 1012865
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 279822
Softcover-Ausgabe
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 1012843
The Carnival of the Animals
for: Chamber ensemble
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 773503
for: String orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1646579
Répertoire International des Sources Musicales Band XVI
Item no.: 1012846
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1012842
The Theory of Music Vol. IV
Item no.: 1012841
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 1012838
Item no.: 1012834
Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts
Item no.: 1012825
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1012803
Teil 1: Faksimile des Autographs, Teil 2: Faksimile der Erstausgabe mit autographer Widmung des Komponistenop. 120
for: Piano
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 577015
"A Little Night Music"
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Single part Viola
Item no.: 561251
Complete Edition with critical report, clothbound, Reihe I, Band 5b
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1012917
The Carnival of the Animals
for: Chamber ensemble
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 773497
Wissenschaftliche Gesamtausgabe mit Kritischem Bericht, Leinen, Serie IIA, Band 1
for: Piano 4 hands
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1012872
Urtext
for: 2 violins, cello, piano
Single part Cello
Item no.: 401286
op. 20
for: String orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1646573
op. 20
for: String orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1646571
op. 20
for: String orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1646570
for: 3 violins, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 582855
Item no.: 1582695
Stadtpfarrkirche St. Jakobus und Tiburtius in Straubing
Item no.: 1012893
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1012840
Kataloge Bayerischer Musiksammlungen 2
Item no.: 1012830
Item no.: 1012827
op. 55
for: Bariton Solo, Chor und Orchester
Partitur und Kritischer Bericht
Item no.: 1012809
Serie 25/10B
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1012795
for: Orchestra
Item no.: 1012797
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 1012805
Urtext
for: 2 violins, cello, piano
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 401285
(Die Dokumente der Esterhazy-Archive zur fürstlichen Hofkapelle in der Zeit von 1761 bis 1770)
Journal
Item no.: 1012876
Theatermusikalien 2
Item no.: 1012873
KBM 8
Item no.: 1012868
op. 64 und op. 71/74
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1012804
Item no.: 1634093
"A Little Night Music"
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 561252
Hob. XXIIIc:4a-d
for: Choir, orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 401278