Benjamin Cutter
Benjamin Cutter (1857–1910) was an American composer. Born in Woburn, Massachusetts, he died in Boston; his output was mainly chamber music, but he wrote some cantatas and church music as well.
Selected works
- Chamber music
- Eine Liebes-Novelle (A Love Story), 5 Bagatelles for viola and piano, Op.20 (1894)
- Trio in A minor for violin, cello and piano, Op.24 (1894)
- Vocal
- What Means That Star?, Christmas Song for mezzo-soprano or contralto and piano (1893); words by James Russell Lowell
- The Douglas Tragedy, a ballad from the traditional Scotch, Op.19
- Hymn to the North-East Wind for male chorus, Op.35 (1896); words by Charles Kingsley
- Sir Patrick Spens, ballad for chorus and orchestra, Op.36 (1896)
- Mass in D for soli, unison chorus and organ (1898)
References
- Howard, John Tasker (1939). Our American Music: Three Hundred Years of It. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company.
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