Willard Palmer

Dr. Willard A. Palmer was an American musician, composer, scholar, and music educator renowned for writing nearly 800 published works, including piano methods, accordion methods like the Palmer-Hughes series, and acclaimed editions of keyboard masters.[1][2][3] Born in McComb, Mississippi, he served in the Army Air Corps during World War II, teaching various subjects while performing on accordion, and later became Senior Editor at Alfred Publishing Company, specializing in Baroque, Classic, and Romantic performance practices.[2][5][6]