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.
Studien-Edition
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 228941
for: Violin, string orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401427
(Apponyi-Quartets)
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 401184
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 685086
two copies needed for performance
Orchestral material from Breitkopf & Härtel
for: Piano, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 478994
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696704
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 337600
Two copies needed for performance
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401413
with marked and unmarked string parts
Fingering and bowing for Violoncello: Reiner Ginzel
for: Cello
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 310647
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 214091
for: Viola, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 343564
Urtext
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 682471
Song Cycle on Poems by Heine
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 796431
Urtext
for: Flute, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 298466
Mit Kritischem Bericht (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401234
for: Double bass, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1017732
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401215
Klappkarte mit Einlegeblatt und Umschlag
Postcard
Item no.: 670036
Studien-Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 770861
Ausgabe mit Fingersatz
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696694
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1017695
for: Piano
Item no.: 401326
for: Piano
Item no.: 621024
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1552161
(Drumroll)
London Symphony
Studien-Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 776827
op. 115
for: Clarinet, 2 violins, viola, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 298887
(Death and the Maiden)
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 217882
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401432
for Cello and Piano
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 214312
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401083
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 152701
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 664611
two copies needed for performance
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 229267
BWV 1039
for: 2 flutes, basso continuo
Item no.: 401307
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401420
WoO 24
for: Piano
Item no.: 177927
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 647750
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 613312
Leineneinband
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401330
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 185549
for: Trumpet, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 401438
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401218
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401114
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401130
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401425
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 401258
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 621029
With two rondo versions and voices for horn in F and D
Urtext
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 145872