Henle Verlag.
The modern Urtext authority. Founded in 1948 by Günter Henle in Munich, G. Henle Verlag defined the contemporary scholarly editorial standard for Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Chopin and Debussy. The blue-cover Urtext editions are the working standard of every conservatory in the world.
Henle Verlag's editorial committees produce the urtext editions used by every conservatory in Europe and America. The blue-bound Henle Urtext series — first issued in 1948 by Günter Henle, scion of the Henle steel family — is the modern scholarly standard. Each edition is prepared from primary manuscript sources, with detailed critical reports documenting every editorial decision.
Below: the Henle departmental catalogue, organised composer-first (Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Chopin, Debussy) then format (Solo Piano, Chamber, Strings, Winds, Voice, Organ). The Henle Library mobile application — a digital edition of the same urtext text — is also catalogued here.