Günter Henle, also known as Günther Henle (February 3, 1899 – April 13, 1979) was a German politician, pianist, and

music publisher A music publisher is a type of publisher that specializes in distributing music. Music publishers originally published sheet music. When copyright became legally protected, music publishers started to play a role in the management of the intellect ...

. He was a member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and of the German

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. He founded the music publisher

G. Henle Verlag G. Henle Verlag is a German music publishing house specialising in Urtext editions of classical music. The catalogue includes works by composers from different epochs periods, in particular composers from the Baroque to the early twentieth ce ...

Life

Henle also pursued a political career and was a member of the Frankfurt Economic Council from 1947 to 1949. He then belonged to the German

in its first legislative period (1949-1953) as a directly elected member of the Rhein-Wupper-Kreis constituency. From 1952 to 1953, he was also a member of the

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in Strasbourg, the predecessor of the European Parliament.

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1899 births 1979 deaths Members of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia Members of the Bundestag 1949–1953 Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christian Democratic Union of Germany MEPs MEPs for Germany 1958–1979 {{Germany-CDU-politician-stub