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: String orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1646581
für Streichorchester
op. 48
for: String orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 1646563
Haydn Gesamtausgabe Reihe XII Bd. 3
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 1018527
Item no.: 1012880
Die Oper, Kritische Ausgabe von Hauptwerken der Operngeschichte
Kritischer Bericht
Item no.: 1012817
for: 3 violins, basso continuo
Single part Violin 3
Item no.: 582854
Item no.: 1012869
Item no.: 1012826
for: Orchestra
Item no.: 1012813
Item no.: 1012798
Item no.: 1012877
Serie 25/12
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1634063
for: String orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1646580
Gedenkschrift Günter Henle
Item no.: 1582684
Hob. XXIIIc:4a-d
for: Choir, orchestra
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 401280
for: Clarinet [viola], piano
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 401290
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 779556
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1012863
Item no.: 1012824
Item no.: 631408
for: String orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1646578
Item no.: 1012852
for: Piano 4 hands
Item no.: 1012847
for: Chamber ensemble
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1215875
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1012871
Item no.: 1012836
Item no.: 1012881
for: 3 violins, basso continuo
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 582852
Item no.: 630331
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 678975
The Carnival of the Animals
for: Chamber ensemble
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 773498
Wissenschaftliche Gesamtausgabe mit Kritischem Bericht, Reihe XXIII
Band 2
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1331495
Notenstichplatte
Item no.: 1582692
with marked and unmarked string part
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1012818
Hob. XXIIIc:4a-d
for: Choir, orchestra
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 401281
Wissenschaftliche Gesamtausgabe
for: Piano
Item no.: 1012807
(Urtext)
for: Piano, string orchestra [string quartet]
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 134735
for: Voice, piano
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 1012883
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1012867
for: Orchestra
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 1012839
Music score
Item no.: 1012819
Item no.: 1012815
for: Orchestra
Item no.: 1012812
Item no.: 1012811
Item no.: 1012802
Complete Edition with critical report, paperbound, Reihe I, Band 5b
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 1012921
Item no.: 1012892
for: Orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1012866