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.
Répertoire International des Sources Musicales Volume III,2
for: Theodery
Item no.: 1634097
Klassik
for: Orchestra
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 1634066
Series XXVII Volume 3
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 1634064
Serie 24/2
Textbuch/Libretto
Item no.: 1634062
Abteilung I, Band 3
for: Orchestra
Kritischer Bericht
Item no.: 1634052
Serie 25/3
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1634051
Clarinet Trio In A Minor Op. 114 - With Critical Report - Series II Volume 7
Item no.: 1634028
Wissenschaftliche Gesamtausgabe mit Kritischem Bericht
Item no.: 1634023
Veröffentlichungen des Joseph Haydn-Instituts, Köln
Item no.: 1634014
Haydn Studies Vol. 2 No. 1
Item no.: 1634012
Haydn Studies Vol. 5 No. 1
Item no.: 1634008
Haydn Studies Vol. 5 No. 2
Item no.: 1634007
Sammlung Proske, Manuskripte des 18. und 19. Jh.
Item no.: 1633997
Mus. ms. 40.000 ff. - Kataloge Preußischer Kulturbesitz KBK I/13
Item no.: 1633988
Band 3: Collectio musicalis Maxilianea
Item no.: 1582690
Studien-Edition
for: Violin, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1552144
Klavierauszug
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Harp, string orchestra
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1479645
Urtext Edition without fingering
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1209873
Urtext Edition without fingering
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1209869
Serie 1/18
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 377575
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 345748
Serie XIV/3
for: String orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 341312
Mit Kritischem Bericht
Gesamtausgabe Abteilung VIII Bd. 3 (Complete edition)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 299383
KBM 11 Eichstätt 2
Kataloge Bayerischer Musiksammlungen 11/ 2
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 291073
Studien-Edition
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 262222
Serie 8/2op. 86
for: Choir, orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 246834
Studien-Edition
for: 2 violins [flute, violin], cello
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 243340
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 216035
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 214313
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 194715
Gesamtausgabe Reihe XIV/2
for: Baryton (viola) [viola da gamba/violin], viola, cello
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 191652
Hob. II:9
for: 2 Oboen, 2 Hörner, 2 Violinen, 2 Violen und Basso
Item no.: 162930
Hob. II:8
for: 2 Flöten, 2 Hörner, 2 Violinen und Basso
Item no.: 157734
for: Piano
Study score
Item no.: 155696
Studien-Edition
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 131025
Frühfassungen aus "Lieder und Gesänge" (Erstausgabe)op. 59
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 122854
mit kritischem Bericht
Item no.: 630401
mit kritischem Bericht
Item no.: 630357
Bearbeitung für Klavier
for: Piano
Item no.: 617087
Arrangements für ein oder zwei Klaviere zu vier Händen
for: 1 oder 2 Klaviere 4-händig
Partitur und Kritischer Bericht
Item no.: 609974
op. 41
for: Klavier und Flöte (Violine)
Item no.: 609742
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 602677
mit Kritischem Bericht
Serie I Band 4 (Gesamtausgabe) (Complete edition)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 582859
Arrangement für Klavier vierhändig
for: Piano 4 hands
Piano reduction
Item no.: 577074
Sinfonien 1787-1789
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 577062
Studien-Edition
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 561228
Studien-Edition
for: 2 horns, 2 violins, viola, cello/ double bass
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 555138
Serie 22/4
for: Voice, piano
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 553465