Benjamin Cutter

Benjamin Cutter (September 6, 1857 – May 10, 1910) was an American composer. Born in Woburn, Massachusetts, he died in Boston. He studied at the Stuttgart Conservatory in Germany. 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.