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From the start, Günter Henle attached great importance to 'clear and precise engraving, a balanced arrangement of the pages, legible type-faces and aesthetically pleasing typesetting of the word parts. For several decades, engraving was commissioned to the [[Universitätsdruckerei H. Stürtz]] ([[Würzburg]]), later other engravers in [[Leipzig]] and [[Darmstadt]] contributed. Towards the end of the 1990s, computer typesetting replaced manual engraving. Nearly all of the original engraving plates produces by the engraving workshops are still to be found in the publisher's archives.
From the start, Günter Henle attached great importance to 'clear and precise engraving, a balanced arrangement of the pages, legible type-faces and aesthetically pleasing typesetting of the word parts. For several decades, engraving was commissioned to the [[Universitätsdruckerei H. Stürtz]] ([[Würzburg]]), later other engravers in [[Leipzig]] and [[Darmstadt]] contributed. Towards the end of the 1990s, computer typesetting replaced manual engraving. Nearly all of the original engraving plates produces by the engraving workshops are still to be found in the publisher's archives.


Because of Günter Henle's involvement in large-scale industry, the publishing house was initially ridiculed as a 'Klöckner music factory', Klöckner being a mass producer of steel and metal products. But it quickly developed to become an inmportant German music publisher. The first publications to appear were Urtext editions of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's piano sonatas in two folumes, edited by Walther Lampe, and Franz Schubert's Imptompus and Moments Musicaux, edited by Günter Henle and Walter Gieseking. The founder of the publishing maintained close contacts and friendschips with Gieseking and numberous important musicians of his time, including Claudio Arrau, Erich Kleiber, Yehudi Menuhin, Igor Ostrakh, Arthur Rubinstein and Rudolf Serkin. Today, the publishing catalogue comprises around 1500 Urtext editions and some 750 scholarly publications, making it the world's leading publisher of Urtext music editions.
Günter Henle was involved in founding the [[Joseph Haydn Institute]] in Cologne in 1955. Following this, the first scholarly works in the Haydn Complete Edition were published, whose volumes have since been issued by G. Henle Publishers. In 1972, Günter Henle established the [[Günter Henle Foundation]] in Munich, which later assumed ownership of the publishing house. The foundation was initially chaired by Günter Henle until his death in 1979.


In 1978, the publishing house acquired its present offices in Munich. The following year, Günter Henle died, leading to the closure of the Duisburg offices and the expansion of the Munich subsidiary. In 1981, the publishing house participated at the first German Music Fair in Tokyo, and at the same time, G. Henle USA Inc. was established in St. Louis, Missouri, initially as a joint venture. From 1985, this US sales subsidiary acted solely on behalf of the Munich parent company. This subsidiary was closed in 2007, since when the publishing house has been exclusively represented in the US by the [[Hal Leonard Corporation]] in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
In 1955, the staff relocated to a newly acquired publishing house at Schongauer Strasse 24; 23 years later, in 1978, the publishing house acquired its present offices at Forstenrieder Allee 122 in Munich. The following year (1979), Günter Henle died, leading to the closure of the Duisburg offices and the expansion of the Munich subsidiary. In 1993, an upper floor was added to the building; in 2005 the ground floor was modernised.


The first managing director of the publishing house, alongside Günter Henle, was Friedrich Joseph Schaefer (1907-1981). He was succeeded in 1969 by Martin Bente (born 1936), first as commercial manager in the Munich branch, then from 1979 as managing director and head of publishing. In 2000, Wolf-Dieter Seiffert (born 1959) was appointed managing director and head of publishing. He had been chief editor or editor of the publishing house since 1990.
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G. Henle Verlag also participated at the first International Bookfair in Beijing in 1986; in 1995 a first publishing licence was granted to the Chinese state publishing house [[People's Music Publishing House]] in Beijing. To date, numerous Urtext editions by G. Henle Publishers have been published for the Chinese market with this licensing partner and also with the [[Shanghai Music Publishing House]].


The academic editing department plays a central role at the Henle publishing house. All Urtext editions are subject to strict scholarly and aesthetic criteria with regard to source and text criticism, correctness, beauty and user-friendly presentation of the music (pagination, fingerings etc.), as well as in terms of the stringency and comprehensibility of the prefaces and the critical apparatus. The following musicologists with doctorates have shaped or continue to shape the Urtext profile of the publishing house: Ewald Zimmermann (1910-1998), from 1953-1975 (also director of the Duisburg publishing office) (see also); Ernst Herttrich (born 1942) from 1970 to 1990; Ernst-Günter Heinemann (born 1945) from 1978 to 2010; Wolf-Dieter Seiffert (born 1959) from 1990 to 2000; Norbert Gertsch (born 1967) since 1997 (from 2009 at the same time deputy head of publishing and programme director); Norbert Müllemann (born 1976) since 2008 (chief editor since 2017).
Since 1995, Henle has also produced “Study Editions” as pocket scores alongside its blue Urtext editions. Beginning in 2016, the publishing house has also offered its Urtext editions in digital form, available in an app for [[iOS]] and [[Android (operating system)|Android]] tablets.


In 1972 Günter Henle founded Günter Henle Stiftung München [the Günter Henle Foundation, Munich], which later became the owner of the publishing house. The Foundation was initially chaired by Henle himself and, after his death, by Walter Keim (1979-1981); he was followed by Anne Liese Henle, wife of Günter Henle (1981-1994) and C. Peter Henle (born 1938), son of Günter and Anne Liese Henle from 1994 to 2016. Since 2016 Felix Henle (born 1968), son of C. Peter Henle, has been Chairman of the Board of the Foundation.
In 1993, a further floor was added to the publishing house; in 2005 the ground floor was modernized and completely refurbished. The catalogue now comprises around 1,500 Urtext editions and around 750 scholarly publications.


With the founding of the Joseph Haydn Institute in Cologne in 1955, in which Günter Henle played a decisive role, the Henle publishing house expanded beyond its Urtext editions to include the publication of other important scholarly complete editions and scholarly publications in book form.
==Publishing==

In 1981, when the publishing house appeared at the first German Music Fair in Tokyo, Japan, G. Henle USA Inc. was also founded in North America, initially as a joint venture based in St. Louis, Missouri. From 1985, this sales office was continued as a sole subsidiary of the Munich parent company. Holger A. Siems (born 1942) became managing director, having been the sales manager of the publishing house since 1976. This branch was closed in 2007. Since then, G. Henle Verlag has been represented exclusively on the North American market by the Hal Leonard Corporation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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The publishing house also presented itself in China when it attended the first International Book Fair in Beijing in 1986. In 1995, it granted its first licence for sheet music production to the Chinese state publisher People’s Music Publishing House in Beijing. To this day, numerous Urtext editions of G. Henle Verlag for the Chinese market are published under licence with this partner firm, as well as with the Shanghai Music Publishing House .

G. Henle Verlag is preparing a printed history of the publishing house for the anniversary year 2023.

==Henle Publications==
[[File:Verlagsgebäude G. Henle Verlag.jpg|alt=|thumb|G. Henle Publishers building in Forstenrieder Allee in Munich]]
[[File:Verlagsgebäude G. Henle Verlag.jpg|alt=|thumb|G. Henle Publishers building in Forstenrieder Allee in Munich]]


=== Urtext Editions ===
G. Henle Publishers publishes Urtext editions that are characterized by their correct musical text – drawn up following strict scholarly principles – with extensive commentary on the sources consulted (covering autographs, copies, early printings) and details regarding the readings.
The heart of the G. Henle Verlag catalogue are the Urtext (original text) editions: musicologically researched, accurate musical texts for practising musicians, they contain an explanatory apparatus expounding on the sources consulted (autographs, copies, early printed editions) and on the readings chosen (‘Critical Report’). The Urtext programme covers almost the entire range of important piano music and chamber music for smaller ensembles, complete piano works by J. S. Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Debussy, Joseph Haydn, W. A. Mozart, Schubert, Robert Schumann; in addition, numerous other selected piano works for two or four hands (including Dvořák, Granados, Grieg, Handel, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninov, Ravel, Reger, Satie, Scarlatti, Scriabin and many more), as well as organ works and the entire standard repertoire for chamber music ensemble. In addition, there are complete editions of Beethoven’s and Haydn’s Lieder, and the principal song cycles of Robert Schumann. Urtext editions in small pocket format (the ‘Studien-Edition’ series), and several facsimile editions of composers’ manuscripts, are also a part of the Henle catalogue.
The collection includes works of [[Johann Sebastian Bach|J. S. Bach]], [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]], [[Johannes Brahms|Brahms]], [[Frédéric Chopin|Chopin]], [[Claude Debussy|Debussy]], [[Joseph Haydn|J. Haydn]], [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|W. A. Mozart]], [[Franz Schubert|Schubert]], [[Robert Schumann|R. Schumann]]; in addition numerous other selected works for piano and organ. The catalogue also contains the complete song editions of Beethoven, Haydn, and Schumann’s most important [[song cycles]]. Urtext editions in a smaller study format (Study Edition Series) as well as several facsimile editions of composers’ manuscripts are also available.


=== Order of difficulty ===
The app contains fingerings and string bowings by famous living and historic performers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.henle.de/en/about-us/what-is-urtext/|title=What is Urtext? / G. Henle Verlag|website=www.henle.de|access-date=2019-06-01}}</ref>
The entire repertoire of G. Henle Verlag for piano solo (author: Rolf Koenen), violin (Ernst Schliephake) and flute (András Adorján) has been classified in difficulty levels from 1-9. Easy (1-3), Medium (4-6), Hard (7-9). The Prelude in C major from the Well-Tempered Clavier I, for example, has been classified as ‘moderately easy’ (grade 2 out of 9), and the Toccata op. 7 by Robert Schumann as ‘very hard’ (9 out of 9). This classification is intended to make it easier to find suitable pieces for a particular level of ability.


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 11:24, 3 April 2021

G. Henle Verlag
Founded1948
FounderGünter Henle
Country of originGermany
Headquarters locationMunich
Key peopleWolf-Dieter Seiffert
Publication typessheet music
Official websitewww.henle.com

G. Henle Verlag is a German music publishing house specialising in Urtext editions of classical music. The catalogue includes works by composers from different periods, in particular composers from the Baroque to the early twentieth century whose works are no longer subject to copyright. In addition to sheet music, G. Henle Publishers also produces scholarly complete editions, books, reference works, and journals. Since 1995, Henle the range also includes pocket scores (17 x 24cm). In 2016 Henle began offering the Urtext editions in digital format in an app for iOS and Android tablets ("Henle Library").

History

Current design for Urtext Editions (since 1999)

The publishing house G. Henle Verlag was founded on 20 October 1948 by Günter Henle with the permission of the US military government. The publishing house initially had offices in Duisburg and Munich. Under the direction of its founder, scholarly readings of musical sources and, based on this work, the editing, production and distribution of Urtext editions constituted the objective of the company from the very beginnings. The typical blue book cover, which is still used today, was chosen at that time, as was the design of the title font, created by Joseph Lehnacker (1895–1965). In 2000 the logo and title design were fundamentally modernised by communication designer Rolf Müller (1940-2015).[1]

From the start, Günter Henle attached great importance to 'clear and precise engraving, a balanced arrangement of the pages, legible type-faces and aesthetically pleasing typesetting of the word parts. For several decades, engraving was commissioned to the Universitätsdruckerei H. Stürtz (Würzburg), later other engravers in Leipzig and Darmstadt contributed. Towards the end of the 1990s, computer typesetting replaced manual engraving. Nearly all of the original engraving plates produces by the engraving workshops are still to be found in the publisher's archives.

Because of Günter Henle's involvement in large-scale industry, the publishing house was initially ridiculed as a 'Klöckner music factory', Klöckner being a mass producer of steel and metal products. But it quickly developed to become an inmportant German music publisher. The first publications to appear were Urtext editions of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's piano sonatas in two folumes, edited by Walther Lampe, and Franz Schubert's Imptompus and Moments Musicaux, edited by Günter Henle and Walter Gieseking. The founder of the publishing maintained close contacts and friendschips with Gieseking and numberous important musicians of his time, including Claudio Arrau, Erich Kleiber, Yehudi Menuhin, Igor Ostrakh, Arthur Rubinstein and Rudolf Serkin. Today, the publishing catalogue comprises around 1500 Urtext editions and some 750 scholarly publications, making it the world's leading publisher of Urtext music editions.

In 1955, the staff relocated to a newly acquired publishing house at Schongauer Strasse 24; 23 years later, in 1978, the publishing house acquired its present offices at Forstenrieder Allee 122 in Munich. The following year (1979), Günter Henle died, leading to the closure of the Duisburg offices and the expansion of the Munich subsidiary. In 1993, an upper floor was added to the building; in 2005 the ground floor was modernised.

The first managing director of the publishing house, alongside Günter Henle, was Friedrich Joseph Schaefer (1907-1981). He was succeeded in 1969 by Martin Bente (born 1936), first as commercial manager in the Munich branch, then from 1979 as managing director and head of publishing. In 2000, Wolf-Dieter Seiffert (born 1959) was appointed managing director and head of publishing. He had been chief editor or editor of the publishing house since 1990.

The academic editing department plays a central role at the Henle publishing house. All Urtext editions are subject to strict scholarly and aesthetic criteria with regard to source and text criticism, correctness, beauty and user-friendly presentation of the music (pagination, fingerings etc.), as well as in terms of the stringency and comprehensibility of the prefaces and the critical apparatus. The following musicologists with doctorates have shaped or continue to shape the Urtext profile of the publishing house: Ewald Zimmermann (1910-1998), from 1953-1975 (also director of the Duisburg publishing office) (see also); Ernst Herttrich (born 1942) from 1970 to 1990; Ernst-Günter Heinemann (born 1945) from 1978 to 2010; Wolf-Dieter Seiffert (born 1959) from 1990 to 2000; Norbert Gertsch (born 1967) since 1997 (from 2009 at the same time deputy head of publishing and programme director); Norbert Müllemann (born 1976) since 2008 (chief editor since 2017).

In 1972 Günter Henle founded Günter Henle Stiftung München [the Günter Henle Foundation, Munich], which later became the owner of the publishing house. The Foundation was initially chaired by Henle himself and, after his death, by Walter Keim (1979-1981); he was followed by Anne Liese Henle, wife of Günter Henle (1981-1994) and C. Peter Henle (born 1938), son of Günter and Anne Liese Henle from 1994 to 2016. Since 2016 Felix Henle (born 1968), son of C. Peter Henle, has been Chairman of the Board of the Foundation.

With the founding of the Joseph Haydn Institute in Cologne in 1955, in which Günter Henle played a decisive role, the Henle publishing house expanded beyond its Urtext editions to include the publication of other important scholarly complete editions and scholarly publications in book form.

In 1981, when the publishing house appeared at the first German Music Fair in Tokyo, Japan, G. Henle USA Inc. was also founded in North America, initially as a joint venture based in St. Louis, Missouri. From 1985, this sales office was continued as a sole subsidiary of the Munich parent company. Holger A. Siems (born 1942) became managing director, having been the sales manager of the publishing house since 1976. This branch was closed in 2007. Since then, G. Henle Verlag has been represented exclusively on the North American market by the Hal Leonard Corporation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The publishing house also presented itself in China when it attended the first International Book Fair in Beijing in 1986. In 1995, it granted its first licence for sheet music production to the Chinese state publisher People’s Music Publishing House in Beijing. To this day, numerous Urtext editions of G. Henle Verlag for the Chinese market are published under licence with this partner firm, as well as with the Shanghai Music Publishing House .

G. Henle Verlag is preparing a printed history of the publishing house for the anniversary year 2023.

Henle Publications

G. Henle Publishers building in Forstenrieder Allee in Munich

Urtext Editions

The heart of the G. Henle Verlag catalogue are the Urtext (original text) editions: musicologically researched, accurate musical texts for practising musicians, they contain an explanatory apparatus expounding on the sources consulted (autographs, copies, early printed editions) and on the readings chosen (‘Critical Report’). The Urtext programme covers almost the entire range of important piano music and chamber music for smaller ensembles, complete piano works by J. S. Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Debussy, Joseph Haydn, W. A. Mozart, Schubert, Robert Schumann; in addition, numerous other selected piano works for two or four hands (including Dvořák, Granados, Grieg, Handel, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninov, Ravel, Reger, Satie, Scarlatti, Scriabin and many more), as well as organ works and the entire standard repertoire for chamber music ensemble. In addition, there are complete editions of Beethoven’s and Haydn’s Lieder, and the principal song cycles of Robert Schumann. Urtext editions in small pocket format (the ‘Studien-Edition’ series), and several facsimile editions of composers’ manuscripts, are also a part of the Henle catalogue.

Order of difficulty

The entire repertoire of G. Henle Verlag for piano solo (author: Rolf Koenen), violin (Ernst Schliephake) and flute (András Adorján) has been classified in difficulty levels from 1-9. Easy (1-3), Medium (4-6), Hard (7-9). The Prelude in C major from the Well-Tempered Clavier I, for example, has been classified as ‘moderately easy’ (grade 2 out of 9), and the Toccata op. 7 by Robert Schumann as ‘very hard’ (9 out of 9). This classification is intended to make it easier to find suitable pieces for a particular level of ability.

References

  1. ^ www.typolexikon.de https://www.typolexikon.de/mueller-rolf/. Retrieved 2021-03-23. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

Further reading

  • Günter Henle: Three spheres, a life in politics, business, and music. Chicago, 1971. [1]
  • Günter Henle: Verlegerischer Dienst an der Musik. 25 Jahre G. Henle Verlag. Munich, 1973. [2]
  • Martin Bente (Editor): Musik, Edition, Interpretation. Gedenkschrift Günther Henle. Munich, 1980. [3]
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