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: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 401529
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 281181
for: Violin
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1479644
Urtext
for: Piano
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401067
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 672400
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 665557
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 672401
15 well-known original pieces in progressive order of difficulty
(with practical comments)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 665559
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696701
6 Volumes in a Slipcase
for: Piano
6 Study scores (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 561232
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 555127
Urtext
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 682471
from Partita no. 2 d minor
Arrangement for Piano, left Hand by Johannes Brahms
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 679821
for: Recorder, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 796433
Song Cycle on Poems by Heine
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 796431
Volume I: Italian Quartets, Salzburg Divertimenti
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 796417
for: Piano
Item no.: 401370
for: Organ
Item no.: 401347
(Apponyi-Quartets)
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 401184
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 228941
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 401238
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 682816
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 464272
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1017705
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 401256
for: Viola, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 343564
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Item no.: 609150
for: Violin, string orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401427
with marked and unmarked string parts
revised edition
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 486507
two copies needed for performance
Orchestral material from Breitkopf & Härtel
for: Piano, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 478994
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401295
for: Double bass, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1017732
190 x 135 x 70 mm
Lunch-Box
Item no.: 1024558
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 214091
Study score
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 310617
Urtext
for: Flute, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 298466
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 161179
for: Flute, harp, piano
Piano score, 2 solo parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 184382
Thi edition replaces the previous volume HN 118
Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 609242
with marked and unmarked string part
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 796412
with marked and unmarked string parts
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 609180
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition, anthology)
Item no.: 1556970
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 778194
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 461232
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401215
Arrangement for two pianos
Two copies needed for performance
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 679819
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 674136
for: Bassoon, cello [basso continuo]
Piano score, ensemble score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 471024