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.
Serie 16
for: Klavier, 2 Violinen und Violoncello
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 376152
for: Streichduo
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 371947
Band B XIV,1
Item no.: 297368
for: Singstimme, Violine und Klavier
Item no.: 291810
Triple Concerto
Urtext of the New Complete Edition
for: Violin, cello, piano, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 276759
for: Piano
Study score
Item no.: 262221
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 223190
for: Streich- und Blasinstrumente
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 216033
Studien-Edition
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 180821
op. 59, 74, 95
Complete Edition, Abteilung VI, Band 4
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 140626
Urtext
for: Piano, string orchestra [string quartet]
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 134899
Répertoire International des Sources Musicales Band VIII,1 Abteilung I Band I Teil 1
Book
Item no.: 118549
Serie 5/2
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 461399
for: Singstimme mit verschiedenen Instrumenten
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 431738
Serie 24/1
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 401502
for: Violin, basso continuo
Item no.: 401437
(Collection, Urtext)
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 401334
Hob. XVIII:10
for: Orgel (Cembalo) und Streicher
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 401289
Urtext
for: 2 violins, cello, piano
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 401285
Volume I
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401217
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 401148
Studien-Edition
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 492827
Music engraving
Item no.: 649410
Gesamtausgabe Reihe XXV Bd. 11, 1
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 648539
8 bekannte Originalstücke von leicht bis mittelschwer
mit praktischen Erläuterungen
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 638342
Band 6, Heft 2
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 636958
for: 2 oboes, 2 horns, 2 bassoons
Stimmensatz
Item no.: 613324
Fassung für Violoncello
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 612641
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 602671
for: Choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 581761
"A Little Night Music"
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 561252
"A Little Night Music"
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 561248
Facsimile of the autograph
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 555143
Textbuch/Libretto
Item no.: 553461
for: Streichduo
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 553456
12 Volumes in a Slipcase
Studien-Edition
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
12 Study scores (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 490914
Arab, Hungarian, Romanian, Ruthenian, Serbian, and Slovak Melodies
mit CD (MP3-Dateien) aller verfügbaren, von Béla Bartók selbst erstellten Klangaufzeichnungen
Book (Hardcover), CD
Item no.: 486551
HobXXVIII:9
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 486545
for: Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 486541
for: klavier oder orgel
Item no.: 486539
First Edition
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 486512
Hob. I:87, 85, 83
for: Orchestra
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 476084
op. posth.
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 473338
Urtext der Neuen Beethoven-Gesamtausgabe
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 658332
(Urtext)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 160707
with marked and unmarked string part
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 661780
Second Tost Quartets
Studien-Edition
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 477637
op. 25
for: Cello
Study score
Item no.: 621041