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.
Parisian and London Symphonies
Studien-Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
23 Study scores (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1008669
6 Volumes in a Slipcase
for: Piano
6 Study scores (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 561232
Band 9, Heft 1–4
Perspektiven und Aufgaben der Haydn-Forschung
Bericht über den internationalen wissenschaftlichen Kongreß Köln, 23.–25. Juni 2005
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 461219
for: Voice, piano
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 149390
KV 488
for: Piano, orchestra
Item no.: 301453
for: Piano
Item no.: 630407
Répertoire International des Sources Musicales Volume III,5
Item no.: 1634069
Serie 8/2
for: Orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1634057
for: Chamber ensemble
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 333250
for: Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 487626
Serie 12/2
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1634109
Gesamtausgabe Reihe XIV/4
for: Baryton (viola) [viola da gamba/violin], viola, cello
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 341313
Serie XIV/2
for: String orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 341311
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 487625
Serie 5/2
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 461399
Serie 16
for: Klavier, 2 Violinen und Violoncello
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 376152
Briefe 1814-1816
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 694114
Briefe 1783-1807
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 694112
Briefe 1825-1827
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 623321
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 214313
Briefe 1808-1813
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 694113
Brriefe 1823-1824
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 625521
Briefe 1817-1822
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 625523
Veröffentlichungen des Joseph Haydn-Instituts Mai 1996
Item no.: 1634108
Kataloge Bayerischer Musiksammlungen 13
Item no.: 1012879
KBM 11 Eichstätt Bd 3
Item no.: 1633995
Band B XIII, 1
Item no.: 1012865
Sammlung Proske, Manuskripte des 18. und 19. Jh.
Item no.: 1633997
Stadtpfarrkirche St. Jakobus und Tiburtius in Straubing
Item no.: 1012893
Item no.: 1634093
Faksimile der autographen Particellreinschrift
for: Piano, orchestra
Score (facsimile)
Item no.: 1645830
Studien-Edition
for: Chamber ensemble
13 Study scores (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 695300
Kataloge Bayerischer Musiksammlungen 9
Item no.: 1634003
Faksimileop. 132
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Item no.: 577014
Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts
Item no.: 1012825
for: Wind instruments
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 553455
Répertoire International des Sources Musicales Volume II
for: REC
Item no.: 1634110
Faksimileop. 33
for: Piano, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 329048
Die Oper, Kritische Ausgabe von Hauptwerken der Operngeschichte
Item no.: 554276
Serie V/3
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 1634073
for: String orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 638702
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1012842
Serie 25/7C
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1634058
Theatermusikalien 2
Item no.: 1012873
Serie 17/1
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1012863
Horn [Violoncello], Flöte [Violine], Mandoline
for: Klavier und Horn (Violoncello) oder Flöte (Violine) oder Mandoline
Item no.: 1634076
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