Hermann Wunsch (9 August 1884 – 21 December 1954) was a German composer, conductor, music theorist and lecturer in composition.
He then attended conservatories in Krefeld, where he studied composition with Theodor Müller-Reuter, Düsseldorf, where he was taught by Frank Limbert, and Cologne.
He was financially supported by Heinrich Schenker, who granted him a scholarship for destitute musicians from the Sofie-Deutsch-Fond in 1924.
While his compositional output received relatively little recognition, he was highly regarded as a pedagogue and theorist.
[1] His symphony Hammerwerk earned him the Franz Schubert Prize offered by the Leipzig publishing house Hug & Co.[7] In 1928 he was awarded the Franz Schubert Prize for his V. Sinfonie at the 1928 International Columbia Graphophone Competition.