Harry P. Guy (July 17, 1870 – September 16, 1950) was an American ragtime composer.
Harry P. Guy | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 17, 1870 |
| Died | September 16, 1950 |
| Era | Ragtime |
Guy was born in Zanesville, Ohio, where he wrote his first compositions.[1] He then moved to New York, where he studied under Victor Herbert and started his career writing musical arrangements.[2] He later moved to Detroit in 1895, where he worked first for Whitney-Warner and then Willard Bryant, writing songs for many famous artists of the era.[3] [4] He also composed arrangements for the University of Michigan and University of Detroit.[2] His 1898 song, Echos from the Snowball Club, has become a ragtime classic.[3]
Later in life, Guy fell into obscurity, living alone and in poverty until he died on September 16, 1950.[2] He was buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Detroit in an unmarked grave. His burial place was eventually recognized in 2003 when a group of local enthusiasts and citizens held a ceremony and placed a commemorative marker.[3]
List of compositions
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- The Floweret (1887)
- My Wooing (1888)
- When the Dew Begems the Lea (1889)
- Echoes from the Snowball Club (1898)
- Now For a Stranger Don't Cast Me Aside (1898)
- Cleanin' Up in Georgia (1899)
- Belle of the Creoles (1899)
- Pearl of the Harem (1901)
- Pepper Pot Rag (1901)
- Daughters of Dahomey (1902)
- Song of the Western Hunter (1902)
- Down in Mobile (1904)
- Walkin' and Talkin' (1906)
- Sixty-Six (1907)
- As Long As There Is Love (I Will Love You) (with Eddie McGrath) (1914)
- Love's Eternity (1915)
- We'll Stand Our Flag and the United States (1917)
- Yankee's Doodle In the Flight To Stay (1918)
- You and I (1921)
- That Home In Paradise (Love and Home Forever) (1921)
- Big Hearted Baby (with Raymond B. Egan) (1928)