George Herbert Bunning (2 May 1863 – 26 November 1937) was an English composer and musical director active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The libretto was an Anglicised version of a French text based on Anthony Hope's Ruritanian novel The Heart of Princess Osra, and was ineffective.

[2][3] Despite a cast headed by Mary Garden, Adolphe Maréchal and Pol Plançon, conducted by André Messager, the piece was not a success.

[4] In a 2013 survey of opera in Britain between 1875 and 1918, Paul Rodmell cites Saint-Saëns and Massenet as influences on Bunning's musical style.

[5] In addition to La Princesse Osra, Bunning published two orchestral suites, Shepherd's Call, 1893, and Village Suite, 1896; a scena, Sir Launcelot and Queen Guinevere, 1905; incidental music for a 1906 stage play Robin Hood; and a quantity of vocal and instrumental music.