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.: 131500
Edition for Low Voice
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1690714
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1209880
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 688580
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1668253
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1655232
with Soprano part
for: Voice (soprano), 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1658312
Wq 132
for: Flute
Item no.: 1670051
Serie 25/12
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1634044
Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts
Item no.: 1633987
Wissenschaftliche Gesamtausgabe mit Kritischem Bericht, broschiert, Abteilung VIII, Band 3
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 682581
Complete Edition, Reihe XXV, Band 7II
for: Solo voices, orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 781466
Gesamtausgabe
for: Orchestra
Partitur und Kritischer Bericht
Item no.: 1634035
Wissenschaftliche Ausgabe
for: Choir, orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1634039
Klassik
for: Piano
Item no.: 1634042
Haydn Gesamtausgabe Reihe XXVII Bd. 2
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1634098
Klassik
for: Orchestra
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 1634103
Kataloge Bayerischer Musiksammlungen
Item no.: 1634080
Edition without fingering
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1559394
Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 686459
Studien-Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 692278
for: Harpsichord [piano], string orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 796884
Early Viennese Quartets
Studien-Edition
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 764679
Beethoven Gesamtausgabe, Abteilung III, Band 4
for: Violin, orchestra
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 745450
Studien-Edition
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 664640
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 778188
Studien-Edition
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 796421
für Klavier
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 674580
Urtext der neuen Gesamtausgabe
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696026
Facsimile of the autograph
for: Piano
Music score (reprint, hardcover)
Item no.: 636539
mit kritischem Bericht
Item no.: 630341
Fragments
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 621028
Ausgabe für tiefe Stimme
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1317352
Studien-Edition
for: Harpsichord [piano], string orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1355464
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1551853
Urtext
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 658311
Hob. XXI:2
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 486549
Veröffentlichungen des Joseph Haydn-Instituts Dezember 1985
Item no.: 174265
op. 32
for: Piano
Item no.: 401408
op. 51 und 67
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 281175
Studien-Edition
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 278604
Studien-Edition
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 167186
for: Choir, orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 216034
International Inventory of Musical Sources (RISM) B XIV,2
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 180233
Version for 2 Violins and Viola
for: 2 violins, viola (trio)
Set of parts
Item no.: 492754
Hob. XXI:3
for: Choir, orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 480387
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 470584
Complete Edition XIV/5
for: Baryton (viola) [viola da gamba/violin], viola, cello
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 458522