Günter Henle
Curriculum vitae and several downloadable texts
1899 |
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Born on 3 February in Würzburg |
1916–1918 |
Participation in World War I |
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1918–1920 |
Studies law in Marburg and Würzburg, also gains doctorate |
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1921–1931 |
Attaché in the diplomatic corps, serving in Berlin, Amsterdam, Den Haag and Buenos Aires; Appearances as a pianist, including the premiere of Beethoven’s Choral Fantasia op. 80 in Buenos Aires |
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1931–1936 |
Attaché at the German Embassy in London |
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1933 |
Marries Anne Liese Küpper, the stepdaughter of the owner of the Klöckner consortium in Duisburg |
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1937 |
Peter Klöckner takes on his son-in-law Günter Henle as a partner in the company |
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1940 |
Death of Peter Klöckner, Dr. Henle steadily rises to the top of the industrial firm |
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1947–1949 |
Member of the Frankfurt Wirtschaftsrat (Economic Council) |
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1948 |
Founds his “Publishing house for musical Urtext editions” |
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1949–1953 |
Member (CDU) of the first German Parliament |
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since 1950 |
Sponsorship of numerous highly-gifted musicians, e.g. Edith Peinemann, Murray Perahia and Frank Peter Zimmermann; Friendship with many important musicians, including Pablo Casals, Walter Gieseking, Karl Klingler, Yehudi Menuhin, David Oistrach, Arthur Rubinstein, Wolfgang Schneiderhan and Rudolf Serkin |
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1951–1964 |
Chairman of the Cultural Circle of German Business and Industry within the Federation of German Industry |
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1955 |
Co-founds the Joseph Haydn Institute in Cologne |
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1955–1973 |
Co-founds and first President of the German Council on Foreign Relations |
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1956 |
Honorary member of the Gesellschaft für Musikforschung (Society for musicological research) |
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1964 |
Honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Philosophy at Cologne University |
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1968 |
Publication of the autobiography “Three Spheres” |
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1972 |
Establishes the Günter Henle Foundation |
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1976 |
Retires as senior partner from Klöckner & Co |
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1979 |
Dies on 13 April in Duisburg |
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See also the article on Günter Henle in Wikipedia (in German). |
Texts by and on Günter Henle for free download
- Günter Henle: Weggenosse des Jahrhunderts.
Als Diplomat, Industrieller Politiker und Freund der Musik | PDF, 135 MB
Die Autobiographie Günter Henles
Stuttgart 1968, 420 pages, German
- Günter Henle: Three Spheres. A Life in Politics, Business, and Music | PDF, 92 MB
The Autobiography of Guenter Henle
Chicago 1971, 306 pages, English - Günter Henle: Verlegerischer Dienst an der Musik | PDF, 21 MB
Munich 1973, 75 pages, German
- Musik, Edition, Interpretation. Gedenkschrift Günter Henle | PDF, 145 MB
edited by Martin Bente, with contributions from numerous experts
Munich 1980, 498 pages, German, English and French
Please note: The G. Henle Verlag publishing house holds the worldwide copyright of all texts. Please use the printed editions for quotations.