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.
Well-Tempered Clavier Part I
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 223184
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 486510
for: Piano
Item no.: 630345
in Hungarian Style
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696696
"Hoffmeister Quartet and Prussian Quartets "
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 664901
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 664772
op. 30
for: Piano
Item no.: 630405
K. 26-31
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 609614
Klavierauszug
Fingersatz: Hans Kann
for: Piano, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401414
Character Pieces
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401352
Volume II
1790–1805
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401309
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 401263
Second Tost Quartets
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 401183
Easy Piano Music
Volume II
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition, anthology)
Item no.: 401134
op. 137/1D 384
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 340261
"Halle Sonatas"
with two separate Flute/Basso Continuo parts
for: Flute, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 213214
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Item no.: 171701
(Urtext)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 171609
op. 19
for: Piano
Item no.: 160718
for: Violin, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 401488
Studien-Edition
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 179350
Urtext Edition without fingering
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 664048
Urtextausgabe ohne Fingersatz
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 636538
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401539
revidierte Ausgabe
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1690691
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 688581
for: Streich- und Blasinstrumente
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1664181
2. Folge: Kontrafakturen und Werke zweifelhafter Echtheit
Partitur
Item no.: 1634019
Gesamtausgabe Reihe XXV Bd. 11, 1
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 648539
Complete Edition, Reihe XXV, Band 7I
for: Solo voices, orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 781465
Mit Kritischem Bericht
Haydn Gesamtausgabe Reihe XXIX Bd. 2
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 1634043
Choral Works with Orchestra (with critical report)
for: Choir, orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1634046
Klassik
for: Orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1634049
Klassik
for: Choir, orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1634061
Répertoire International des Sources Musicales Volume III,5
Item no.: 1634069
Klassik
for: Orchestra
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 1634101
(Leinen)
Item no.: 1633979
Manuscripts of Polyphonic Music (ca. 1320-1400)
Item no.: 1633986
Répertoire International des Sources Musicales Band VIII,1 Abteilung I Band I Teil 1
Book
Item no.: 118549
Dramma Per Musica
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1634078
op. 64 und op. 71/74
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 1582698
Haydn Studies Vol. 8 No. 3
for: Studies
Item no.: 1634106
Veröffentlichungen des Joseph Haydn-Instituts Mai 1996
Item no.: 1634108
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1677518
KBM 12
Item no.: 1633999
Facsimile of the autograph
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 555143
for: 2 oboes, 2 horns, 2 bassoons
Stimmensatz
Item no.: 613324
Fassung für Violoncello
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 612641