Henle Urtext.
Founded 1948 in Munich by Günter Henle (1899–1979). The international standard for urtext editions of the Classical and early-Romantic piano and chamber repertoire. Blue cover. Editorial-board scholarship. The reference you reach for when in doubt.
The reference,
not the interpretation.
Günter Henle founded the press to do one thing precisely: print performance editions of the standard repertoire that are nothing but the composer's text — no editorial fingerings, slurs, or dynamics smuggled in unless flagged in apparatus.
The Henle editorial board, anchored at the Beethoven-Haus in Bonn and the Mozarteum in Salzburg, sets the global urtext standard. Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Schumann, Brahms — what Henle publishes is what conservatories teach from.
The urtext. The reference.Henle · since 1948
Piano, chamber,
solo, study.
Piano solo (the centre of the catalogue); chamber music; instrumental sonatas with piano; the major concertos in study score; selected vocal and organ; a parallel Library series of paperback editions.
The blue Henle cover has been the conservatory standard for three generations. Distributed in the United States by Hal Leonard.
