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.: 662440
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1690689
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696702
Volume I
1768–1785
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401292
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 401444
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 661235
replaces HN 1312
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 796426
Urtext Edition without fingering
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1558305
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1479627
On Poems by Eichendorff, Versions 1842 and 1850
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1017702
Edition without fingering
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696698
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 609241
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 657869
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401328
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 555128
Additional Flute Part
for: Flute [violin], cello, piano
Single part Flute
Item no.: 647742
for: Piano, string orchestra [string quartet]
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 133471
"Zur Namensfeier"op. 115
for: Orchestra
Additional parts: strings
Item no.: 1582696
for: Piano, string orchestra [string quartet]
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 136785
for: Piano, string orchestra [string quartet]
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 134899
op. 20
for: String orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1646572
Item no.: 1012844
for: Violin, strings, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 1704049
for: Violin, strings, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1704046
Item no.: 1012879
Item no.: 1012845
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1012886
"A Little Night Music"
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 561249
for: Clarinet, piano
Single part Clarinet (B-flat)
Item no.: 401291
Book
Item no.: 1012890
Item no.: 1012887
Book
Item no.: 1012889
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1690009
Item no.: 1582687
for: Soli, Chor und Klavier / Orgel
Partitur und Kritischer Bericht
Item no.: 1012808
Item no.: 1012848
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 1704053
(Urtext)
for: Piano, string orchestra [string quartet]
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 133472
for: 3 violins, basso continuo
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 582853
(Urtext)
for: Piano, string orchestra [string quartet]
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 138878
for: Orgel (Cembalo) und Streicher
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 401288
Item no.: 1012891
Item no.: 1012823
for: Orchestra
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 1012801
für Streichorchester
op. 48
for: String orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 1646564
for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1012837
for: Orchestra
Kritischer Bericht
Item no.: 1012885
Book
Item no.: 1018718