Information: Albert Ernest Wier, author of songbooks and Victor phonograph discographies.

Albert Wier was an American music editor who was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts on July 22, 1879.

Albert studied music at the New England Conservatory and at Harvard University. From 1900 he was music editor for various publication firms in New York.

He brought out a large number of collections and arrangements: Whole World Music Series, The Pianist's Music Shelf, The Violinist's Music Shelf, Young Folks' Music Library, Radio Music Library, etc.

He devised the "arrow signal" system, in which arrows and other markings are added to orchestral scores to identify the main themes. Using this system, he issued numerous collections: Classic Violin Concertos, The Nine Symphonies of Beethoven, The Symphonies of Brahms and Tchaikovsky, The Valkyrie, etc. He also edited The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians (1938, which was withdrawn from circulation owing to an excessive number of demonstrable errors) and other reference works of questionable scholarship.

Albert Wier died in Brooklyn, Sept. 8, 1945.