Howard Lutter (1889–1959) was an American musician and composer best known for creation of

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rolls. He was born in

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, in 1889 to Hermann Lutter and Clara Uhl.

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American male composers American composers 1889 births 1959 deaths 20th-century American male musicians {{US-composer-19thC-stub