Hans Arnold Metzger (1913-1977) was a German church musician, organist, composer and music teacher. He studied organ and choir direction with Hermann Keller, Karl Straube, Carl Adolf Martienssen, Kurt Thomas, and Johann Nepomuk David. After some years as a church musician he became professor at and director of the Kirchenmusikschule Esslingen, today Evangelische Hochschule für Kirchenmusik Tübingen.
Published by Schultheiß in „Neue Choralvorspiele zu den Liedern des Evangelischen Kirchengesangbuchs, Vol. III“. Metzger is also the editor of this 6 volumes collection.