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G. Henle Publishers is a German publishing house that specializes in urtext editions of sheet music. The programme includes works by composers from all different periods, in particular composers from the baroque to the early twentieth century whose works are no longer under copyright. In addition to its sheet music, G. Henle Publishers also produces scholarly complete editions, books, reference works and periodicals. ==History== The publishing house was founded on 20 October 1948 by Günter Henle with the permission of the US military government. It had offices in Duisburg and Munich. Under the founder’s direction, from the very beginning an integral part of the business was to “ensure the publication of Urtext editions of music on a scholarly basis, in particular from the 18th and 19th centuries”. It was at this time that Joseph Lehnacker (1895–1965) came up with the “Henle blue” for the cover (the same colour that is used today) as well as the design of the title font. Henle books are printed on light-yellow matte paper, for better contrast and legibility. For several decades, the engraving was done by the Universitätsdruckerei H. Stürtz (Würzburg), later they were also joined by engravers in Leipzig and Darmstadt. The first works to be published were Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Sonatas in two volumes, edited by Walther Lampe, and Franz Schubert’s Impromptus and Moments Musicaux, edited by Walter Gieseking. Towards the end of the 1990s, hand engraving of the musical texts was replaced by computers. 1949 saw the publishing house’s participation in the first post-war music fair in Detmold. In 1953 the editorial department at the Duisburg office was established with Ewald Zimmermann (1910–1998) at its head. Due to Günter Henle’s work in industry, the publishing house was initially dubbed the "Klöckner music factory", yet it slowly became one of the major players in the German music publishing business. In 1955 the employees in Munich moved to the newly acquired publishing house in Schongauerstraße 24. Günter Henle was much 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 appeared in the Henle catalogue. In 1969 Martin Bente ( *1936) took over from Friedrich Joseph Schaefer (1907–1981) as chief financial officer in Munich. Three years later, 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, and following his death by Walter Keim from 1979 to 1981 and then by Anne Liese Henle, Günter Henle’s wife between 1981and 1995. Since 1996 C. Peter Henle, son of Günter and Anne Liese Henle, has been the chair. On the 25th anniversary of the publishing house in 1973, the catalogue comprised around 250 editions. In 1978 the publishing house acquired its present offices in Forstenrieder Allee 122 in Munich. The following year, Günter Henle died. This led to the closure of the Duisburg offices and accordingly the expansion of the Munich subsidiary, with Martin Bente as its head. 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 onwards this USA sales subsidiary acted solely on behalf of the Munich parent company. Holger A. Siems ( *1942) was appointed CEO, prior to this he had been Head of Sales since 1976. The publishing house also participated at the First International Book fair in Beijing in 1986; in 1995 a first publishing licence was granted to the Chinese State Publishing House "Peoples Music Publishing House" in Beijing. Since 1995 Henle has also produced “Study Editions” as pocket scores (17x24 cm) alongside its blue Urtext editions. In 1999 the logo, covers and layout of the texts were modernized. Wolf-Dieter Seiffert ( *1959) took over from Martin Bente as CEO in 2000, prior to this he had worked as an editor at the publishing house since 1990. In 1993 a further floor was added to the publishing house; in 2005 the ground floor was modernised and completely refurbished. Since 2007 the publishing house has been exclusively represented in the US by the Hal Leonard Corporation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The catalogue now comprises around 1.100 Urtext editions. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「G. Henle Verlag」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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