In 1908, she was sent to Paris to study with Harold Bauer; and from there, she went to Berlin where, for five years, where she worked with Albert Jonas.

Upon returning to the United States, she made her recital debut in New York on February 17, 1916.

[4] The American Piano Company (AMPICO) Philipps Duca Reproduktions-Klaviere Rolles Rythmodik Music Corporation Her only sibling, Lou Netta Pyle (1885 – 1965) was married to Karl Kirksmith (1882 – 1955), a well-known cellist in New York and with several orchestras, including the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

Pyle was briefly married to Ottokar Malek, a famous European pianist who emigrated to the US in 1902-03.

On January 9, 1941, Pyle married her former teacher and colleague Harold Victor Bauer,[7] who, in 1940, had been widowed by his first wife, Maria (née Knapp).