Henle Ensemble Sheet Music in premium Urtext editions

This overture was commissioned by the Jewish ensemble “Simro”, which was made up of six former classmates from the St. Petersburg Conservatory, whom Prokofiev met again in New York in 1919. They wante...

This chamber music work, composed in 1907/08, marks a turning point not only in Schönberg's output, but also for the history of modern music in general. Major-minor tonality, obligatory for centuries...

Directly after composing his first violin sonata, Fauré wrote another great chamber music work with the Piano Quartet op. 15. This youthful, fresh composition met with wide approval at its premiere in...

Inspired by the success of his First Piano Quartet, published in 1884, the composer began a second work in this genre only a short time later. The style is considerably more serene and individual than...

For several years following composition of his first piano quartet, Dvořák's publisher Simrock pushed him to compose a follow-up piece in the genre. The work, written during a few short weeks in summe...

As the title implies, these four concertini by Joseph Haydn have to do with small concerti, whereby 'small' is to be considered from several points of view: the size of the Haydn concertini, the scori...

In the Classical period, and well into the 19th century, piano trios were something of a musical fashion accessory. There was thus good reason for Beethoven also to engage with the genre, following th...

Joseph Haydn left five organ concerti to posterity. Their genesis can only be approximately determined, but is probably datable to the 1750s, when Haydn was still active, inter alia, as organist to Co...

Works for or with wind instruments (then called 'Harmonie' in German) were an extraordinarily popular genre in the Viennese Classical era. Beethoven also created a number of works that call for wind i...

One can only regret that Beethoven left only four piano quartets, as these four works rank among the most popular of this genre. Three of them, the Quartets WoO 36, had been penned in Bonn, which make...

In the Classical period, and well into the 19th century, piano trios were almost'fashion accessories', At the end of his life, Haydn could look back proudly at the 39 piano trios which he now left to...

Mozart's piano trios have been available in an established Henle edition in parts for many years. They have now been extensively revised by the editor and include the latest musicological findings. In...

'Send my septet out into the world a little faster - because the rabble is awaiting it'. It was thus that Beethoven bade his publisher make haste in 1802. The public did not take offence at this rathe...

In the classical era, and far into the 19th century, piano trios were what we might call 'fashion accessories'. It is thus no coincidence that Beethoven, following in the footsteps of Haydn and Mozart...

As with the g minor Quartet op. 25, the origins of opus 26 reach back into the 1850s. However, it assumed its final shape only in summer and fall 1861. While in her first evaluation of the work Clara...

In the Classical period, and well into the 19th century, piano trios were almost'fashion accessories', At the end of his life, Haydn could look back proudly at the 39 piano trios which he now left to...

In the Classical period, and well into the 19th century, piano trios were almost'fashion accessories', At the end of his life, Haydn could look back proudly at the 39 piano trios which he now left to...

Can one imagine a better teacher of chamber music composition than Joseph Haydn? The Austrian Joseph Pleyel assimilated his teacher's skill so well that his galant and substantial Piano Trios in C maj...

Bach's Trio Sonata for flute, violin and basso continuo from the Musical Offering is probably the pre-eminent trio sonata in music history. When Bach met King Frederick the Great in Potsdam in 1747, t...

Bach’s harpsichord concerti, extremely popular among pianists, are presumably reworkings of pieces originally written for the violin. Bach, however, succeeded in transferring the diverse idiosyncrasie...

Bach’s harpsichord concerti, extremely popular among pianists, are presumably reworkings of pieces originally written for the violin. Bach, however, succeeded in transferring the diverse idiosyncrasie...

Flutists are always grateful for chamber music works that include their instrument as part of the original scoring. They can thus take pleasure in this Urtext edition of Beethoven's Trio for piano, fl...

What occasioned Beethoven to write a composition for such an unusual and yet sonorous group of instruments? Was it perhaps commissioned by a nobleman who played music with such a group and needed musi...

Joseph Haydn's nearly forty piano trios are available in five volumes from G. Henle. These are based on the Haydn Complete Edition, likewise published by Henle. This fourth volume contains the nine Pi...

Joseph Haydn's nearly forty piano trios are available in five volumes from G. Henle. These are based on the Haydn Complete Edition, likewise published by Henle. The fifth volume contains the six Piano...