Piano, Organ & Accordion Sheet Music

Sonata quasi una fantasia' was the title given to it by Beethoven, and yet the world of music knows it as the 'Moonlight Sonata' - an epithet that was already around during the composer's lifetime. 'T...

Looking back in 1876, Liszt admitted candidly to the publisher Breitkopf & Härtel that his 'Wagner transcriptions' had 'only served as modest propaganda for Wagner's noble genius, using the meagre pos...

Froberger may no longer be considered the progenitor of the piano suite, but his suites for keyboard instruments have, without a doubt, had a considerable influence on the development of this genre. H...

Two copies necessary for performance. Shortly after a rather unsuccessful performance of his Piano Concerto no. 1, Johannes Brahms wrote to Joseph Joachim in 1859: '... a second one will sound differe...

Schubert at the piano, with his inexhaustible wealth of dance melodies, his friends around him dancing and playing jokes - this is one of the traditional images of Schubert that we so cherish. The ter...

With this rewarding 'sampler,' beginners can enjoy a stimulating introduction to the standard canon of classical piano literature. The journey begins with little pieces by Daniel Gottlob Türk and comp...

There are probably very few piano students who have not tried their hand at this piece; it is undeniably one of the most popular classical piano pieces today. And yet unanswered questions still remain...

Franz Schubert's piano works belong to pianists' core repertoire and of course, to Henle's, too. Our catalogue contains almost all of Schubert's piano compositions. This volume contains the piano work...

These six dances form the final culmination of Bartók's 'Mikrokosmos' (HN1408-1410), that work of the century comprising over 150 pieces. He dedicated this grouping, collected under its own title, to...

The two Rondos op. 51 were written independently of one another and only later consolidated into a single opus by Beethoven's publisher. The first of these works from 1797 quickly became popular on ac...

This composition published in 1802 constitutes a completely separate concert piece from Opus 51 no. 1. Compared to the first Rondo (op. 51 no. 1), the second is considerably longer and with a markedly...

Janáček's poetic cycle 'On an overgrown path' is surely among his most popular piano works. Its evocative musical language will draw every hearer under its spell. Listeners will not be able to discern...

The revision of the three-volume edition of Haydn's piano sonatas also appears in a version without fingerings. Whoever wishes to study the Classical sonata canon in 'pure' Urtext, free from added fin...

Whenever one speaks about Beethoven's piano music, it is usually his sonatas that come to mind. However, his other works for this instrument are of no less significance. Thus it is not a coincidence t...

This rondo for piano was composed in 1794/95 and has become known primarily by its sobriquet "The rage over the lost penny". However, this did not originate with the composer himself, but rather added...

The Fifth Hungarian Rhapsody, published in 1853, emerged from several earlier versions. The double character indicated in the sobriquet “Héroïde élégiaque” is based on the two contrary themes: a “hero...

On the 150th anniversary of the death of Ferruccio Busoni, G. Henle Publishers is issuing one of his most important original works for piano solo. In light of his popular Bach arrangements, it is easy...

Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas are often referred to as the 'New Testament of Music' (Hans von Bülow). Since the publication of our complete edition in two volumes, experts have praised it as being the...

Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas are often referred to as the 'New Testament of Music' (Hans von Bülow). Since the publication of our complete edition in two volumes, experts have praised it as being the...

Revised edition HN1118 in preparation

These two short, unpretentious sonatinas in G major and F major were published during Beethoven's lifetime in ca. 1807. Since then they have become firmly established in the repertoire for beginners d...

This most famous funeral march in music history is part of a piano sonata, the third movement of Chopin's op. 35 Sonata in b-flat minor, in which - according to Robert Schumann -- Chopin 'brought toge...

Although it was only published in 1905, Debussy made it clear that this was an early work by writing the date of composition '1890” on the proofs. He had sold the manuscript, now lost, to the publishe...

The first of Debussy's larger piano works was published in 1901. The slow middle movement had already been written in 1894. This grave Sarabande in the old style was published in a newspaper supplemen...

In autumn 1891 Debussy's early piano piece, Ballade slave, was published by Choudens. When he had it re-engraved by Fromont in a slightly revised form in 1903, he deleted the word slave. Thus the titl...