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.
Walzer
Urtextausgabe
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 663041
"Aurnhammer"-Sonatas
with marked and unmarked string part
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401524
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 692281
Urtextausgabe, broschiert (Urtext)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 486514
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 561229
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 464259
Urtext nach der neuen Gesamtausgabe
Henle Studien-Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 609144
(Urtext)
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 213625
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401374
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401379
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 241354
with parts for horn in E flat and F
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 310650
for: Violin
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 686464
Studien-Edition
for: Cello
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 471297
Studien-Edition
for: Violin
Study score
Item no.: 223363
Urtext
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos (sextet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 679818
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1017735
(Piano Sonata)
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 693420
from Piano Sonata op. 35
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401346
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401311
op. 135a
for: Organ
Item no.: 362803
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Chamber orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 664058
KV 622
for: Clarinet, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 362767
for: Oboe, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 621034
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401142
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 374574
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 478959
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 492998
for Piano
Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 648770
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1017709
Complete Edition with critical report, paperbound, Abteilung X, Band 3
for: Voice, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 686467
London Symphony
Studien-Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 764675
with additional solo part for viola
Henle Urtext
for: Clarinet (a), 2 violins, viola, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 764736
for: Piano
Spielpartitur
Item no.: 401360
(Russian Quartets)
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 401179
for: Piano
Item no.: 613311
Three Sonatas attributed to J. S. Bach
for: Flute, harpsichord [piano]
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401306
(Sun Quartets)
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 493004
for: Piano
Item no.: 401233
Leineneinband
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401308
Part 2: BWV 870-BWV 893
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401136
Studien-Edition
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 182917
for: Violin, piano [harpsichord]
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401166
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1552141
for: Clarinet, piano
Item no.: 461233
for: Flute, violin, viola, cello (flute quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 268733
piano reduction in C major and D major
Part in "Viennese tuning" (A-d-f#-a): free download
for: Double bass, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 630400
Studien-Edition
for: Clarinet (a), 2 violins, viola, cello
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696710