Harry P. Guy

Harry P. Guy (July 17, 1870 – September 16, 1950) was an American ragtime composer.

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] Later in life, Guy fell into obscurity, living alone and in poverty until he died on September 16, 1950.