Harry P. Guy (1870-1950)

Overview

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.

Websites:
	Harry P. Guy	Biography and list of works by "Perfessor" Bill Edwards

Harry P. Guy (1870-1950) has at least 5 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.

Down in Mobile March characteristic
Music by: Harry P. Guy.

Publisher:	Jerome H. Remick & Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1904.	Sheet Music 6 pages. Limited availability.

Fellowship March two step
Music by: Harry P. Guy.

Publisher:	Jerome H. Remick & Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1906.	Sheet Music 7 pages. Limited availability.

Little Volunteer, The March for piano solo
Music by: Harry P. Guy.

Publisher:	B. F. Wood Music Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1908.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

Pearl of the Harem - Banjo Two-Step
Music by: Harry P. Guy.

Publisher:	Clifford Essex
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1904.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

Arranged by C. Essex,etc.[2 Banjos and P. F.]

Sixty-Six Intermezzo
Music by: Harry P. Guy.

Publisher:	Jerome H. Remick & Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1907.	Sheet Music 7 pages. Limited availability.

MIDIs

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


	Belle of the Creoles (1899)		Colin D. McDonald
	Cleanin' Up in Georgia (1899)		cdm
	Down in Mobile (1904)		James Pitt-Payne
	Echoes From the Snowball Club (1898)		Colin D. McDonald
	Pearl of the Harem (1901)		James Pitt-Payne

Samples

	Title (Release Year)	Performers	Instruments


Cleanin' Up in Georgia (1899)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	T/T/T+B/B/GB(B)
Daughters of Dahomey (1902)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	A/T/T/B/GB(B)
Down in Mobile (1904)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	T+A/T/B/B/GB(B)
Echoes From the Snowball Club (1898)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	T/T/T/B/GB(B)
Pearl of the Harem (1901)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	A/T/T/B/GB(B)

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


Ragtime Music CDs:
Various Artists	A Century of Ragtime 1897-1997
Various Artists	The Roots of Rag-Time	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
John Arpin	Kings of Ragtime
Jenks/Grinstead	Ragtime Bigtime
Ophelia Ragtime Orchestra	Echoes from the Snowball Club
Richard Egan	From the Land of Ragtime
Evergreen Ragtime Trio	It's a Rouser
Alan Martin	Everything is Ragtime Now
Tom Brier	Dualing at the McCoys	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Matthew Davidson	Sugar's Nightmare
⇑River Raisin Ragtime Revue	Ragtime Detroit

Item	Title	Available	€	£	$	Other



DBE721	Cleanin' Up in Georgia (1899) - Cake-Walk Patrol or Two Step T/T/T+B/B/GB(B), approx. 4 mins.	1-2 days
DBE722	Daughters of Dahomey (1902) - An Oriental Ragtime Waltz A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 4¼ mins.	1-2 days
DBE723	Down in Mobile (1904) - March Characteristic T+A/T/B/B/GB(B), approx. 3¼ mins.	1-2 days
DBE724	Echoes From the Snowball Club (1898) - Original Rag Time Waltz T/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 5 mins.	1-2 days
DBE725	Pearl of the Harem (1901) - Oriental Rag Two Step A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 3¾ mins.	1-2 days

Library

	Title	Instruments	Remarks


Cleanin' Up in Georgia (1899)	T/T/T+B/B/GB(B)
Daughters of Dahomey (1902)	A/T/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Down in Mobile (1904)	T+A/T/B/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Echoes From the Snowball Club (1898)	T/T/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Pearl of the Harem (1901)	A/T/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


Cleanin' Up in Georgia (1899)	H.P. Guy (music)	SATBCB Recorders	IMSLP
Echoes From the Snowball Club (1898)	H.P. Guy (music)	Piano	IMSLP Indiana	Pub.
Pearl of the Harem (1901)	H.P. Guy (music)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
Sixty-Six (1907)	H.P. Guy (music)	Piano	IMSLP

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 18 works by Harry P. Guy (1870-1950). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Echoes From the Snowball Club	1898	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)
Now For a Stranger Don't Cast Me Aside	1898	H.L. Hubbard (words)
Belle of the Creoles	1899
Cleanin' Up in Georgia	1899	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)	Pub.
Pearl of the Harem	1901	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)	Pub.
Daughters of Dahomey	1902	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)
Down in Mobile	1904	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)
Pearl of the Harem - Banjo	1904	Banjo/Piano arrangement
Fellowship	1906		Pub.
Walkin' and Talkin'	1906
Sixty-Six	1907		Pub.
⇑ Little Volunteer, The	1908
As Long As There Is Love	1914	Eddie McGrath (words) Eddie McGrath (perf.)	Pub.
Love's Eternity	1915	Luella Lockwood Moore (words)	Pub.
We'll Stand by Our Flag and the U.S.A	1917	John W. Goodson (words)
Yankee Doodle's in the Fight to Stay	1918	W.H. Goodfellow (words)
That Home in Paradise	1921	Johnny Piggot (words)
You and I	1921	Johnny Piggot (words)	Pub.

Videos

	Composer	Title	Performer


	H.P. Guy	Down in Mobile (2:45)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
	H.P. Guy	Echoes From the Snowball Club (4:14)	Ragtime Dorian Henry