Hermann Goetz

For the scholar and museum director, see Hermann Goetz (art historian).
Hermann Goetz
Born(1840-12-07)7 December 1840
Königsberg, Province of Prussia
Died(1876-12-03)3 December 1876
Hottingen, Switzerland
Occupations
  • Composer
  • Organist
  • Music teacher

Hermann Gustav Goetz (7 December 1840 – 3 December 1876) was a German composer who spent much of his career in Switzerland. He is best known for his 1872 opera Der Widerspänstigen Zähmung, based on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew.