Thomas Vincent Cator

Thomas Vincent Cator

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Thomas Vincent Cator (23 March 1888 in Jersey City, New Jersey – 9 April 1931 in Carmel) was an American composer.

Biography[]

Thomas Vincent Cator was the son of Thomas Vincent Cator senior (1851-1920), a lawyer and politician who ran for office for the Populist Party in California in the late 19th century. He had a sister Marie, who became a writer and poet.

Cator became popular in the late 1910s and 1920s with his songs. A notable story was when renowned singer Eleonora de Cisneros sang his song "The Kiss" in a Liberty Bonds sale in New York City in early 1919 and received 43 million dollars for 43 kisses to bankers.^[1] He also invented the Aura-Modal Scale, in which he composed several piano pieces.^[2]

Compositions[]

• The Kiss, for voice and piano
• To Ramona, for voice and piano
• The pool of quietness, for voice and piano
• St. Moritz, for voice and piano^[3]
• One Day, for voice and piano^[3]
• Zamboanga, for voice and piano
• Clorinda sings, for voice and piano
• Three melodies for violin and piano
• Operetta Inchling (text by )
• Violin sonata (1929)^[4]

References[]

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