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Harry P. Guy was an American ragtime pianist, composer of popular music born in Zanesville, Ohio. As a child he studied piano, violin and organ before moving to Cincinnati in the 1880s where he continued his musical education and published his first work, The Floweret Waltz (1890). In 1890 he was also in New York at the National Conservatory of Music where Victor Herbert was one of his professors. He became heavily involved in Black musical affairs and accompanied the Fisk Jubilee Singers. On completion of his studies he taught at Paul Quinn College in Waco, Texas before moving to Detroit. He played with a number of Detroit ensembles and was the Music Minister at St. Matthew Episcopal Church in Detroit and founded the first African American Music Academy. Of ragtime interest is his much recorded Echoes From The Snowball Club (1898). He died in Detroit.
List of Harry P. Guy's works.
Sheet Music:
Tom Brier on "Dualing at the McCoys" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) 
Richard Egan on "From the Land of Ragtime" Evergreen Ragtime Trio on "It's a Rouser" Jenks/Grinstead on "Ragtime Bigtime" Alan Martin on "Everything is Ragtime Now" Various Artists on "A Century of Ragtime 1897-1997" Various Artists on "The Roots of Rag-Time" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) Ophelia Ragtime Orchestra on "Echoes from the Snowball Club" River Raisin Ragtime Revue on "Ragtime Detroit"