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 (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401442
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 180274
for: 2 pianos
Klavierauszug
Item no.: 609238
Item no.: 1634092
for: Piano
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 1634060
for: Voice, orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1559401
Two copies needed for performance
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 289082
op.46
for: Organ
Item no.: 1688110
Volume IV
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1684883
Studien-Edition
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 561231
First Book
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 342938
Perahia-Ausgabe
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1551832
nach Heine
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 771095
mit kritischem Bericht
Beethoven Gesamtausgabe Abteilung IX Bd. 1
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 673082
Second Book
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 464262
for: Piano
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 401220
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 693423
Konzerte Nr. 4 und 5 mit Kritischem Bericht
Beethoven Gesamtausgabe, Abteilung III, Band 3
for: Piano, orchestra
2 scores (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 745452
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 695998
Complete Edition with critical report, clothbound, Serie IX, Band 4
for: Voice, orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1552219
Serie 1/6
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1634111
Wissenschaftliche Gesamtausgabe mit Kritischem Bericht
Study score
Item no.: 1634025
op. post. 164D 537
for: Piano
Item no.: 310652
(Urtext)
for: Oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 310651
for: Orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 327388
K. 265 (300e)
for: Piano
Item no.: 327385
Studien-Edition
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 280953
op. 20 und op. 33
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 333589
The Carnival of the Animals
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Chamber ensemble
Set of parts
Item no.: 773495
for: Orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 241819
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1559398
Serie 12/1
for: Voice, piano
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1634094
Klassik
for: Choir, orchestra
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 1634091
with critical report
for: Orchestra
Kritischer Bericht
Item no.: 1634090
Kritischer Bericht
Haydn Gesamtausgabe Reihe I Bd. 17
for: Orchestra
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 1634074
Abteilung I, Band 3
for: Orchestra
Kritischer Bericht
Item no.: 1634067
La Vera Costanza - Dramma Giocoso Per Musica
for: Orchestra
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 1634065
Klassik
for: Choir, orchestra
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 1634053
Die Oper, Kritische Ausgabe von Hauptwerken der Operngeschichte, Band 2
Item no.: 1634017
Haydn Studies Vol. 2 No. 4
Item no.: 1634010
KBM 4
Item no.: 1634004
Bibliothek Franz Xaver Haberl
Item no.: 1633996
KBM 14 Bischöfliche Zentralbibliothek Regensburg Bd. 7
Item no.: 1633992
Studien-Edition
for: Horn, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 764684
(Kegelstatt)KV 498
for: Klavier, Klarinette (Violine) und Viola
Set of parts
Item no.: 486520
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos (sextet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1017697
2 volumes in a slipcase
2 Books (Hardcover)
Item no.: 478964
No. 4 from Goyescas
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 675879