GUY, HARRY P.

GUY, HARRY P. Dance-orchestra pianist (c1873-75 in Zanesville, Ohio; 1950 in Detroit, Michigan[?]). He studied piano, violin, and organ in his youth. He moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, at an early age and later studied piano there with George Schneider. He was an accompanist for the Cincinnati Opera Club. In 1890 he went to New York, where he attended the National Conservatory of Music. During his stay in the city he entered into the musical life of the black community; he conducted...