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.
for: Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 486541
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 223190
Item no.: 1633979
Paris Symphony
Studien-Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 682818
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 662440
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 486545
with marked and unmarked string part
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 796436
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 648539
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 638342
for: 2 violins [flute, violin], cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 408115
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 401444
for: Violin, basso continuo
Item no.: 401437
for: 2 violins, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 401404
for: Streich- und Blasinstrumente
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 216033
Item no.: 1634069
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 658332
for: Orchestra
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 476084
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Set of parts
Item no.: 401160
Music engraving
Item no.: 649410
for: Piano 4 hands
Item no.: 401545
Volume I
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401217
for: Singstimme, Violine und Klavier
Item no.: 291810
Item no.: 1634082
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696020
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 673788
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 1582698
Second Tost Quartets
Studien-Edition
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 477637
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696702
for: 2 oboes, 2 horns, 2 bassoons
Stimmensatz
Item no.: 613324
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401528
Item no.: 1634108
for: Orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1634049
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 1634043
"A Little Night Music"
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 561248
for: Choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 581761
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 461399
for: Orgel (Cembalo) und Streicher
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 401289
for: Orchestra
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 1634101
for: Streichduo
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 553456
Edition Urtext
set of parts, paperbound
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Set of parts
Item no.: 401403
for: Piano
Item no.: 618729
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 612641
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 555128
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 657869
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 692272
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 602671
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 143747
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 647739