Arthur Adolph Loesser (August 26, 1894 – January 5, 1969) was an American classical pianist, musicologist, and writer.
[1][2] Loesser was the author of the books Humor in American Song[3] and Men, Women, and Pianos: A Social History.
[6] Arthur Loesser wrote Men, Women & Pianos: A Social History which was published by Simon & Schuster in 1954.
[4] Loesser was married to Jean Basset; the couple had one daughter, the fashion historian Anne Hollander.
[8] Loesser died from a heart attack at the wheel of his car, outside the Cleveland Institute of Music on January 4, 1969, aged 74.