Gerhard Frommel
- b. Aug. 7, 1906, d. 1984
- student of composition with Hermann Grabner and Hans Pfitzner
- teacher at "Folkwangschule" in Essen from 1929
- teacher at "Hochschule für Musik" in Frankfurt from 1932
- teacher at "Hochschulinstitut für Musikerziehung" in Trossingen from 1945
- teacher at "Hochschule für Musik" in Stuttgart from 1956
- appointed professor in Frankfurt in 1960
- compositions: mainly for orchestra and chamber orchestra