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.
Volume I: Italian Quartets, Salzburg Divertimenti
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 796417
Song Cycle on Poems by Heine
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 796429
Song Cycle on Poems by Heine
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 796431
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 796413
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Set of parts
Item no.: 796419
Volume I: Italian Quartets, Salzburg Divertimenti
Studien-Edition
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 796414
with an unmarked performance score and marked parts
for: 2 violins
Score, Parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 796424
replaces HN 1310
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 796427
Band XI, Heft 3
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 796423
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 796410
replaces HN 641
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 796411
Studien-Edition
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 796418
replaces HN 1312
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 796426
with marked and unmarked string part
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 796436
for: Clarinet, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 796372
Beethoven Gesamtausgabe Abteilung IV Bd. 3
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 779556
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 778194
for: Female voice, piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 778191
with original second cello part for accompaniment
for: 1–2 cellos
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 778189
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 778192
Original Keys for High Voice
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 778186
London Symphony
Studien-Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 776828
Edition without fingering
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 778193
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 778190
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 777891
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 776873
authentic alternative flute part (instead of violin) available separately as HN 1297
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 776879
Studien-Edition
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 776829
(Drumroll)
London Symphony
Studien-Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 776827
Complete Edition with critical report, clothbound, Reihe XV, Band 1
for: Organ [harpsichord], orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 776825
Complete Edition with critical report, paperbound, Reihe XV, Band 1
for: Organ [harpsichord], orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 776826
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 776830
Complete Edition with critical report, paperbound, Abteilung I, Band 5
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 776832
Complete Edition with critical report, clothbound, Abteilung I, Band 5
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 776831
Arrangement for Piano
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 773579
edition with piano score, unmarked performance score (vc/bass) and marked part (vc)
for: Cello, double bass [piano]
Piano score, ensemble score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 773563
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 773561
Two copies needed for performance
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 773562
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 773560
for: Wind instruments, Cello, double bass
Set of parts
Item no.: 773489
for: Wind instruments, Cello, double bass
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 773490
The Carnival of the Animals
for: Chamber ensemble
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 773501
für Violoncello und Orchester
for: Cello, piano
Piano reduction, 2 solo parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 773505
The Carnival of the Animals
for: Chamber ensemble
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 773508
The Carnival of the Animals
for: Chamber ensemble
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 773498
The Carnival of the Animals
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Chamber ensemble
Set of parts
Item no.: 773495
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, 2 solo parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 773506
The Carnival of the Animals
for: Chamber ensemble
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 773503