Hermann Löhr (26 October 1871 – 6 December 1943)Löhr, Hermann (1871–1943), composer Oxford Index, January 2001. Retrieved 20 May 2018. was an English composer.
He was born in Plymouth, the son of Frederic Nicholls Löhr (1844–1888), a composer of songsLöhr, Frederic N. (Frederic Nicholls) 1844–1888 WorldCat. Retrieved 20 May 2018. and piano works. F N Lohr's piano berceuse Cradle Song, an Idyll was written circa 1875 and dedicated to his twin sons, then four years old: "To my boys Victor and Hermann Frederic Lohr".Cradle Song score at IMSLP
Hermann Löhr studied at the Royal Academy of Music, studying piano with Walter Cecil Macfarren and Frederick Westlake and harmony and counterpoint with Frederick Corder. At the academy he won the Charles Lucas medal for composition.Hubert Eisdell – A Discography MusicWeb International. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
He became famous as the composer of many songs. Among notable songs are "Chorus, Gentlemen!" (words by Mark Ambient), "Where my Caravan has Rested""Where my Caravan has Rested", performed by Bing Crosby and Jascha Heifetz in 1946 and "The Little Irish Girl" (both with words by Edward Teschemacher), and "Little Grey Home in the West" (words by D. Eardley-Wilmot).Löhr, Hermann 1871–1943 WorldCat. Retrieved 20 May 2016. His piano works include the intermezzo Autumn Gold (1928) which also exists in orchestrated versions.Autumn Gold, score at IMSLP
Löhr died in Tunbridge Wells in 1943.
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External links
Hermann Löhr at Discography of American Historical Recordings Hermann Löhr at National Jukebox