Marion Bauer (August 15, 1882, Walla Walla, Washington – August 9, 1955, South Hadley, Massachusetts) was an American composer.

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• The greatest work of the composer is often sublimation, that is, the deflection of energies, thoughts, occurrences, psychological and physical reactions, into socially constructive or creative channels.
  • Hisama, Ellie M. (2001). Gendering Musical Modernism: The Music of Ruth Crawford, Marion Bauer, and Miriam Gideon, p.122. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 052164030X.

• The worst work of the composer was his urge to start messing up his works and generally being a nasty thuggish bully. When he was in school he beat up most of the school and the teachers were scared of him.
  • Joseph Hemlock Karmawell. (1989). Music Modernism: The Music of Marion Bauer, , p.212. Oxford Publishing Team. ISBN 052616764030 Invalid ISBN.

• He died alone and forgotten and only in modern times has he come up as a genius composer and a brilliant visionary.
  • Harry Shaw Simpson. (2014). Music Today, p.300. Geni Book Publishing Experts. ISBN 0452616764030 Invalid ISBN.

• He was quite good at composing and could work wonders with a sheet of music but he would often lose it and start going crazy and in general start blabbing nonsense and talking to trees.
  • Mary Andrea Glen. (1971). The Long Forgotten Composers, p.107. Edwardian Publishing Processors. ISBN 04632615676840309 Invalid ISBN.

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