Hermann Neuling was a horn player and composer. He was engaged for many years as a low horn player at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin and taught at the Conservatorium nearby. He was a contemporary of composer Bernhard Krol, who also played in the Staatsoper. Neuling was also a member of the Bayreuth Wagner Festival orchestra from 1931–64, and later taught at the İzmir State Conservatory from 1963-66.