Guy Maier

Guy Maier (August 15, 1891, in Buffalo, New York – September 24, 1956, in Santa Monica, California) was an American pianist, composer, arranger, teacher, and writer.

He enrolled at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, where he studied piano with Carl Baermann (1839–1913), a friend and pupil of Franz Liszt.

[5] After Maier and Pattison heard a two-piano performance by Harold Bauer (1873-1951) and Ossip Gabrilowitsch (1878–1936), they began to play together.

[4] When the United States entered World War I, Maier volunteered for the entertainment service of the YMCA,[6] and Pattison joined the infantry.

After the armistice, they gave a recital in Paris that was attended by President Woodrow Wilson and French Premier Georges Clemenceau.

"[3] In March 1937, Maier and Pattison joined in a reunion concert on the stage of the Works Progress Administration Theatre of Music in New York.

[9] As a soloist (and sometimes joined by his wife Lois, also an accomplished pianist), Maier gave recitals for young people coupled with musical travelogues.

[10] "He is not only clever as a pianist," the Los Angeles Times reported, "but the way he keeps the attention of a grammar-school audience of squirming, tired-at-the-end-of-the-day youngsters is nothing short of miraculous.

[12] As a teacher, he traveled widely across the United States, giving master classes at colleges, universities, and private music schools.