In 1836 Chopin introduced the term ballad into piano music with the publication of his Ballad op. 23, although up to then it had only been used in literature and in vocal music. Indeed, all four of Chopin's ballads have the character of a dramatic story: the musical thread is spun with increasing tension throughout the work, reaching a powerful climax at the end. Following the Préludes, we have now thoroughly re-evaluated this edition and revised it to include the latest scholarly findings. The most significant ones are documented in the printed critical apparatus; the detailed version can be downloaded from the Internet.

On the 200th anniversary of Robert Schumann's birth, an ambitious project is coming to a close: For the first time since Clara Schumann's Complete Edition of 1879-93, all of the works for piano solo are appearing as one editorial project. Spanning almost ten years of painstaking work, all of the Schumann titles published by G. Henle Publishers have undergone a careful revision. The Schumann expert Ernst Herttrich has closely examined each edition and also dedicated himself to those works that were previously missing from our catalogue. The result is being published in this new collection, comprising six volumes, which are available both in paperbound and clothbound editions, as well as study editions in a slipcase. They replace the former four volumes (HN 108-HN 115). Arranged clearly according to opus numbers, it includes not only all of Schumann's piano works, revised to reflect the latest scholarly findings, but also informative accompanying texts, alternative versions and much more besides.

On the 200th anniversary of Robert Schumann's birth, an ambitious project is coming to a close: For the first time since Clara Schumann's Complete Edition of 1879-93, all of the works for piano solo are appearing as one editorial project. Spanning almost ten years of painstaking work, all of the Schumann titles published by G. Henle Publishers have undergone a careful revision. The Schumann expert Ernst Herttrich has closely examined each edition and also dedicated himself to those works that were previously missing from our catalogue. The result is being published in this new collection, comprising six volumes, which are available both in paperbound and clothbound editions, as well as study editions in a slipcase. They replace the former four volumes (HN 108-HN 115). Arranged clearly according to opus numbers, it includes not only all of Schumann's piano works, revised to reflect the latest scholarly findings, but also informative accompanying texts, alternative versions and much more besides.

On the 200th anniversary of Robert Schumann's birth, an ambitious project is coming to a close: For the first time since Clara Schumann's Complete Edition of 1879-93, all of the works for piano solo are appearing as one editorial project. Spanning almost ten years of painstaking work, all of the Schumann titles published by G. Henle Publishers have undergone a careful revision. The Schumann expert Ernst Herttrich has closely examined each edition and also dedicated himself to those works that were previously missing from our catalogue. The result is being published in this new collection, comprising six volumes, which are available both in paperbound and clothbound editions, as well as study editions in a slipcase. They replace the former four volumes (HN 108-HN 115). Arranged clearly according to opus numbers, it includes not only all of Schumann's piano works, revised to reflect the latest scholarly findings, but also informative accompanying texts, alternative versions and much more besides.

On the 200th anniversary of Robert Schumann's birth, an ambitious project is coming to a close: For the first time since Clara Schumann's Complete Edition of 1879-93, all of the works for piano solo are appearing as one editorial project. Spanning almost ten years of painstaking work, all of the Schumann titles published by G. Henle Publishers have undergone a careful revision. The Schumann expert Ernst Herttrich has closely examined each edition and also dedicated himself to those works that were previously missing from our catalogue. The result is being published in this new collection, comprising six volumes, which are available both in paperbound and clothbound editions, as well as study editions in a slipcase. They replace the former four volumes (HN 108-HN 115). Arranged clearly according to opus numbers, it includes not only all of Schumann's piano works, revised to reflect the latest scholarly findings, but also informative accompanying texts, alternative versions and much more besides.

On the 200th anniversary of Robert Schumann's birth, an ambitious project is coming to a close: For the first time since Clara Schumann's Complete Edition of 1879-93, all of the works for piano solo are appearing as one editorial project. Spanning almost ten years of painstaking work, all of the Schumann titles published by G. Henle Publishers have undergone a careful revision. The Schumann expert Ernst Herttrich has closely examined each edition and also dedicated himself to those works that were previously missing from our catalogue. The result is being published in this new collection, comprising six volumes, which are available both in paperbound and clothbound editions, as well as study editions in a slipcase. They replace the former four volumes (HN 108-HN 115). Arranged clearly according to opus numbers, it includes not only all of Schumann's piano works, revised to reflect the latest scholarly findings, but also informative accompanying texts, alternative versions and much more besides.

On the 200th anniversary of Robert Schumann's birth, an ambitious project is coming to a close: For the first time since Clara Schumann's Complete Edition of 1879-93, all of the works for piano solo are appearing as one editorial project. Spanning almost ten years of painstaking work, all of the Schumann titles published by G. Henle Publishers have undergone a careful revision. The Schumann expert Ernst Herttrich has closely examined each edition and also dedicated himself to those works that were previously missing from our catalogue. The result is being published in this new collection, comprising six volumes, which are available both in paperbound and clothbound editions, as well as study editions in a slipcase. They replace the former four volumes (HN 108-HN 115). Arranged clearly according to opus numbers, it includes not only all of Schumann's piano works, revised to reflect the latest scholarly findings, but also informative accompanying texts, alternative versions and much more besides.

On the 200th anniversary of Robert Schumann's birth, an ambitious project is coming to a close: For the first time since Clara Schumann's Complete Edition of 1879-93, all of the works for piano solo are appearing as one editorial project. Spanning almost ten years of painstaking work, all of the Schumann titles published by G. Henle Publishers have undergone a careful revision. The Schumann expert Ernst Herttrich has closely examined each edition and also dedicated himself to those works that were previously missing from our catalogue. The result is being published in this new collection, comprising six volumes, which are available both in paperbound and clothbound editions, as well as study editions in a slipcase. They replace the former four volumes (HN 108-HN 115). Arranged clearly according to opus numbers, it includes not only all of Schumann's piano works, revised to reflect the latest scholarly findings, but also informative accompanying texts, alternative versions and much more besides.

Although people might like to think that the English Suites were composed after the French Suites (HN 71), the temperamental and in part virtuoso flow of these Suites is more characteristic of the musical language of the young Bach (from our preface). The kaleidoscopic variety of the six English Suites is breathtaking. One lifetime is not enough to exhaustively comprehend and penetrate them. We provide the sustainable musical basis for this, in different formats: the complete paperbound volume (HN 100), clothbound (HN 101), divided into Nos. 1-3 (HN 102) and Nos. 4-6 (HN 103) and last but not least in a very good value study edition with the indentical musical text (HN 9100).

Chopin succeeded in doing something truly remarkable with his two cycles of Etudes op. 10 and op. 25, published in 1833 and 1837 respectively. Probably no one before him had composed technical practice pieces that at the same time reached such musical heights. Chopin's Etudes are character pieces that are full of tension, written for the concert hall. The virtuosic works, including long-running hits such as the Revolutionary Etude op. 10 no. 12 belong to the pianist's core repertoire. In addition to the two cycles op. 10 and op. 25, our Urtext edition also contains three Etudes without opus number, which Chopin composed for a Parisian piano method in 1840: wonderfully lyrical miniatures, which can hold their own with the 24 grand studies.

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 works that are played the most: the two collections of four Impromptus (D 899 and D 935) as well as the six Moments Musicaux (D 780). Our edition was first printed in the year that the publishing house was founded, in 1948. The editor and person who provided the fingerings was a pianist who is still greatly admired: Walter Gieseking. Below you can listen to him play Schubert himself. We have made numerous cuttings from this main plant; single editions with the identical musical text of the Impromptus op. 90, No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 as well as the Moments musicaux.

Time and again, Chopin succeeded in giving different piano music genres their own individual characters, whether etudes, preludes, waltzes, scherzi or nocturnes. The Irishman John Field had already composed over 20 nocturnes, which presumably greatly influenced Chopin. The latter continued to develop the light, song-like piano writing and created works whose dreamy, longing atmosphere came to embody Chopin's music. Our volume contains the works that were published during Chopin's lifetime as well as ones which were only published posthumously, including the famous Lento con gran espressione in c sharp minor - in two authentic versions.

Throughout his life Mozart composed individual pieces for the keyboard. This wealth of material offers us an exceptional insight into his musical development. For the first time ever, we are now offering all of these works in a single edition. Our edition has been completely revised, taking into account the latest findings in Mozart scholarship. In many instances, sources which have only recently been made available or which have been newly interpreted have formed the cornerstone of the revision. This has also led to the inclusion of works which were not in the previous Henle edition.

Johannes Brahms' late piano works in the form of the two editions 51480036 (paperbound) and 51480037 (clothbound) have been a cornerstone of the Henle catalog ever since the early 1950s. In 2011 the volume with piano pieces (51486014) was published in the new Brahms Complete Edition, an edition of these important works that reflected the latest in scholarly research. Having already published single volumes of Urtext editions of opus numbers 76, 79 and 116-119 with the up-to-date musical text in the Complete Edition, Henle now rounds off this Brahms project by publishing the revised volume of collected works, available as a classic paperbound, clothbound or handy study edition. An open invitation to all those who wish to immerse themselves in Brahms' fascinatingpiano cosmos.

The works in this volume show the development of keyboard instruments in an exemplary manner: the early works were intended for harpsichord, two of which were for an instrument with the so-called Viennese bass octave, which enabled the musician to play chords larger than a hand span with one hand. In our edition, these passages have footnotes with suggestions on how to play them. The pianoforte was the inspiration behind the later works. Haydn was also happy to arrange his own compositions for piano, as with the Largo assai from the Reiterquartett. Christine Schornsheim, a specialist in historical performance practice, provided fingerings for this completely revised and extended Urtext edition. Contents: Capriccio in G, Hob. XVII:1 · Variations in A, Hob. XVII:2 · Variations in E-flat, Hob. XVII:3 · Andante after Hob. I:81 II · Allegretto in G Major after an aria from La vera costanza · Adagio after Hob. I:79 II · Menuett after Hob. I:85 III · Romance after Hob. I:85 II · Allegretto after the overture from La vera costanza · Adagio in F Hob. XVII:9 · Allegro after Introduzione from La vera costanza · Andante, Hob. I:53 II · Allegretto and Presto in G Major after Hob. III:41 IV · Capriccio (Fantasia) in C, Hob. XVII:4 · Bariations in C, Hob. XVII:5 · Variations in F minor, Hob. XVII: 6 · Adagio in G Urfassung von Hob.XV:22II · Largo assai in E after Hob. III:74 II · Poco adagio in G Major after the variations on Gott erhalte, Hob. III:77 II · Andante in C after Hob. I:94 II · Adagio in G after Hob. I:93 II · Menuett in C after Hob. I:97 III · Variations in A Major, Hob. XVII:2 · Variations in D, Hob. XVII:7

To mark the 150th anniversary of Debussy's birth in 2012, Henle is proud to present a tribute to his piano solo works in three volumes, available as a paperbound or a clothbound edition. As a publishing house whose main focus is on piano music, it was important for Henle to give a special place to the works of Claude Debussy, the innovator of piano style. Thus since the early 1980s they have steadily been publishing single editions of all of Debussy's important works for the piano. Their editor Ernst-Günter Heinemann has worked closely with the French Debussy scholar François Lesure to present Debussy's elaborate music in high quality Urtext editions. Beginning with the Danse bohémienne from 1880, all of the single works from their catalog have been drawn together in these three volumes, arranged according to their date of composition. And as a little encore we have included the Prélude to the cantata La Damoiselle élue in volume I. Each of the three volumes contains true highlights for the piano. But the short and lesser known works also offer a glimpse at the modern classical composer Debussy from a different angle. In addition each volume contains a helpful glossary with all of Debussy's often very vivid performance instructions translated into English and German. Bon anniversaire, Claude Debussy!

To mark the 150th anniversary of Debussy's birth in 2012, Henle is proud to present a tribute to his piano solo works in three volumes, available as a paperbound or a clothbound edition. As a publishing house whose main focus is on piano music, it was important for Henle to give a special place to the works of Claude Debussy, the innovator of piano style. Thus since the early 1980s they have steadily been publishing single editions of all of Debussy's important works for the piano. Their editor Ernst-Günter Heinemann has worked closely with the French Debussy scholar François Lesure to present Debussy's elaborate music in high quality Urtext editions. Beginning with the Danse bohémienne from 1880, all of the single works from their catalog have been drawn together in these three volumes, arranged according to their date of composition. And as a little encore we have included the Prélude to the cantata La Damoiselle élue in volume I. Each of the three volumes contains true highlights for the piano. But the short and lesser known works also offer a glimpse at the modern classical composer Debussy from a different angle. In addition each volume contains a helpful glossary with all of Debussy's often very vivid performance instructions translated into English and German. Bon anniversaire, Claude Debussy!

To mark the 150th anniversary of Debussy's birth in 2012, Henle is proud to present a tribute to his piano solo works in three volumes, available as a paperbound or a clothbound edition. As a publishing house whose main focus is on piano music, it was important for Henle to give a special place to the works of Claude Debussy, the innovator of piano style. Thus since the early 1980s they have steadily been publishing single editions of all of Debussy's important works for the piano. Their editor Ernst-Günter Heinemann has worked closely with the French Debussy scholar François Lesure to present Debussy's elaborate music in high quality Urtext editions. Beginning with the Danse bohémienne from 1880, all of the single works from their catalog have been drawn together in these three volumes, arranged according to their date of composition. And as a little encore we have included the Prélude to the cantata La Damoiselle élue in volume I. Each of the three volumes contains true highlights for the piano. But the short and lesser known works also offer a glimpse at the modern classical composer Debussy from a different angle. In addition each volume contains a helpful glossary with all of Debussy's often very vivid performance instructions translated into English and German. Bon anniversaire, Claude Debussy!

On the 200th anniversary of Robert Schumann's birth, an ambitious project is coming to a close: For the first time since Clara Schumann's Complete Edition of 1879-93, all of the works for piano solo are appearing as one editorial project. Spanning almost ten years of painstaking work, all of the Schumann titles published by G. Henle Publishers have undergone a careful revision. The Schumann expert Ernst Herttrich has closely examined each edition and also dedicated himself to those works that were previously missing from our catalogue. The result is being published in this new collection, comprising six volumes, which are available both in paperbound and clothbound editions, as well as study editions in a slipcase. They replace the former four volumes (HN 108-HN 115). Arranged clearly according to opus numbers, it includes not only all of Schumann's piano works, revised to reflect the latest scholarly findings, but also informative accompanying texts, alternative versions and much more besides.

Fréderic Chopin's stay with George Sand on Mallorca in the winter 1838/1839 was ill-fated. Yet Chopin still managed to finish his Préludes there which he had begun to compose in Paris. Today's interpreter not only has to deal with numerous variant readings but also with corrupt performance traditions. The Préludes are the first edition to be completed in our comprehensive Chopin revisions; the editor has taken the latest scholarly findings into account and in the musical text brings to light established variants as well as others which are to be found in the sources. And there is another first here, too: the printed volume contains a shorter critical report - the extensive version with all the details can be downloaded on the Internet.

Chopin's early works include a wealth of new stimuli for anyone wishing to take a closer look at the creative works of the Polish genius. Up to now the four Rondos have been missing from our cataloge; but now they are finally available in Henle Urtext. Although they have been unfairly neglected, there are real discoveries to be made. It is hard to imagine that Chopin was only 15 when his Opus 1, the Rondo in c minor, was first published. Likewise, his Rondo op. 5, which incorporates the exotic sounds of Polish folk music, and the brilliant work in C major op. 73 were also written during his time in Warsaw. Without a doubt the young composer, who was the darling of the Warsaw salons, wrote these works as showpieces for himself. Here, and also with the Rondo op. 16, his mark is unmistakable. Our Urtext edition is also available as an affordable study score.

Chopin's early works include a wealth of new stimuli for anyone wishing to take a closer look at the creative works of the Polish genius. Up to now the four Rondos have been missing from our cataloge; but now they are finally available in Henle Urtext. Although they have been unfairly neglected, there are real discoveries to be made. It is hard to imagine that Chopin was only 15 when his Opus 1, the Rondo in c minor, was first published. Likewise, his Rondo op. 5, which incorporates the exotic sounds of Polish folk music, and the brilliant work in C major op. 73 were also written during his time in Warsaw. Without a doubt the young composer, who was the darling of the Warsaw salons, wrote these works as showpieces for himself. Here, and also with the Rondo op. 16, his mark is unmistakable. Our Urtext edition is also available as an affordable study score.

This edition with over 50 pages contains the universally known selection of easy preludes and little fugues that has proved extremely successful in teaching the piano. Bach's sons, with Wilhelm Friedemann and Carl Philip Emanuel leading the way, were already able to learn them. If you make your way through these pieces (which gradually become more challenging), you can make great progress on the piano, and what is more these 300-year-old compositions are still able to work their musical magic. Those who are technically more advanced should still occasionally sight read through them; you will then immediately see that they are real gems. Incidentally, all of Bach's piano works are available from Henle both with and without fingerings.

Each one of Bach's six Partitas features seven great single movements, predominantly in the sequence: Präludium, Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, [two free dances], Gigue. These partitas can justifiably be described as Bach's ultimate cycle of suites. As regards the artistic and manual demands, it goes far beyond its English (HN 100) and French (HN 71) siblings that are also frequently played. It is no coincidence that Bach only had these six partitas printed (1731), and what is known as Opus 1.

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 most reliable Urtext edition. Its contents: an almost inexhaustible wealth of pianistic, musical flights of inspiration, predominantly high profile works - the Sonatas Pathétique, Moonlight, Storm, Appassionata, Waldstein, Hammerklavier. Even if one will never be able to play them all, the aquisition of the New Testament is always worthwhile, whether clothbound, paperbound, or as a study edition in the Henle Urtext. Contains Sonatas 1-15

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 most reliable Urtext edition. Its contents: an almost inexhaustible wealth of pianistic, musical flights of inspiration, predominantly high profile works - the Sonatas Pathétique, Moonlight, Storm, Appassionata, Waldstein, Hammerklavier. Even if one will never be able to play them all, the aquisition of the New Testament is always worthwhile, whether clothbound, paperbound, or as a study edition in the Henle Urtext. Contains Sonatas 16-32

Suite A minor BWV 818 · Suite A minor BWV 818a · Suite E flat major BWV 819 · Suite E flat major BWV 819a · Overture (Suite) F major BWV 820 · Suite F minor BWV 823 · Suite A major BWV 832 · Suite (Prelude and Partita) F major BWV 833 · Second Minuet from French Suite C minor BWV 813a · Minuet from French Suite E flat major BWV 815a · Minuet I from the Notebook for W. F. Bach G major BWV 841 · Minuet II from the Notebook for W. F. Bach G minor BWV 842 · Minuet III from the Notebook for W. F. Bach G major BWV 843 · Sonata D major BWV 963 · Sonata a minor BWV 967 · Sonata after Reinken A minor BWV 965 · Sonata after Reinken C major BWV 966 · Sonata D minor BWV 964 after the Violin Sonata A minor d minor BWV 964 · Adagio G major BWV 968 after the Violin Sonata C major (Sonata movement) G major BWV 968 · Capriccio sopra la Iontananza B flat major BWV 992 · Capriccio E major BWV 993 · Aria Variata a minor BWV 989.

8 Variations on Tändeln und Scherzen by Süssmayr WoO 76 · 6 Easy Variations in G, WoO 77 · 6 Variations in F, Op. 34 · 15 Variations (with Fugue) in E-flat, Op. 35 · 7 Variations on God Save the King, WoO 78 · 5 Variations on Rule Britannia, WoO 79 · 32 Variations in C, WoO 80 · 6 Variations in D, Op. 76 · 33 Variations on a Waltz by Daibelli, Op. 120 · Appendix: Nine Variations on a March by Dressler (2nd Edition), WoO 63 · 8 Variations on Ich hab' ein kleines Hüttchen nur Anh. 10

The world-famous pianist András Schiff, a most familiar name to Bach fans on account of his complete recordings of Bach's piano works, has provided fingerings for both parts of the Well-Tempered Clavier. He discusses aspects of performance practice in a detailed preface. The basis for the musical text was Henle's revised edition of Part I published in 1997 and Yo Tomita's revision of Part II (spring 2007). A detailed commentary rounds off the editions. Both parts of the Well-Tempered Clavier are also available as Henle Urtext editions without fingerings and as study editions.

The world-famous pianist András Schiff, a most familiar name to Bach fans on account of his complete recordings of Bach's piano works, has provided fingerings for both parts of the Well-Tempered Clavier. He discusses aspects of performance practice in a detailed preface. The basis for the musical text was Henle's revised edition of Part I published in 1997 and Yo Tomita's revision of Part II (spring 2007). The eminent Bach scholar Tomita discusses the complicated source situation of Part II in an extensive preface. A detailed commentary rounds off the edition. Both parts of the Well-Tempered Clavier are also available as Henle Urtext editions without fingerings and as study editions.

Includes all authentic sonatas and variations, as well as fragments, a sonata accredited to Mozart, and three four-part compositions, which were originally for mechanical organ or have survived with no instrument indication. This revised edition takes into account new sources as well as the latest scholarly research on Mozart.