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.
mit Fingersatz (Michael Schneidt)
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 630388
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 1017728
revised edition
replaces HN 169
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 638975
without fingering
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 664942
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401216
für Klavier
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 674135
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401512
for Double Bass and orchestra
(with Violin obbligato)
in C and D (with parts in solo- and orchestral tuning)
Download of part in Viennese tuning (A-d-f#-a)
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 151813
für Klarinette und Klavier
Urtext
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 672403
op. 20
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 613314
Nine well-known original pieces in progressive order of difficulty
(with practical comments)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 665557
Early String Quartets
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 464273
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
for: Klarinette, Bassetthorn (2 Klarinetten) und Klavier
Item no.: 630327
London Symphony
Studien-Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 764675
Complete Edition with critical report, paperbound, Abteilung X, Band 3
for: Voice, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 686467
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 688565
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1552141
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1017709
On Poems by Eichendorff
Versions 1842 and 1850
Original Keys for High Voice
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 493032
(Sun Quartets)
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 493004
Studien-Edition
for: Clarinet (a), 2 violins, viola, cello
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696710
Leineneinband
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401308
for: Piano
Item no.: 401233
(Russian Quartets)
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 401179
for: Violin, piano [harpsichord]
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401166
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401164
Part 2: BWV 870-BWV 893
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401136
for: Piano
Item no.: 401118
Three Sonatas attributed to J. S. Bach
for: Flute, harpsichord [piano]
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401306
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 464270
Part 1: BWV 846-869
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401116
op. 5
for: Clarinet, piano
Item no.: 461233
Bearbeitung für Klavier
for: Piano
Item no.: 613311
op. 53D 850
for: Piano
Item no.: 147687
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 188610
(Death and the Maiden)
Studien-Edition
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 183774
Studien-Edition
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 182917
op. 77 & 103
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 159611
with additional solo part for viola
Henle Urtext
for: Clarinet (a), 2 violins, viola, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 764736
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 401538
for piano (harpsichord) and string orchestra or string quartet
Urtext
for: Piano, string orchestra [string quartet]
Score, Parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 298889
KV 314
for: Flute, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 298465
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 401165
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 213842
op. 11
for: Piano
Item no.: 401316
Henle Urtext Editions
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 796920
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696047