[2] He was the author of the music of the National anthem of Costa Rica, whose first performance took place on 11 June 1852, when President Juan Rafael Mora Porras received the delegations from the United States and Great Britain.

[2] In addition to his merits as an artist, he also held important public and military positions, being a veteran of the Filibuster War, having achieved the rank of Captain of the Army of the Republic.

On 13 May 1842, the 12-year-old Gutiérrez provided his services as a piccolo player in the main barracks of San José,[2][5] and in September of the same year, he was transferred to the Plaza de Heredia, where he appeared as a musician in the Military Band until 1845.

According to his son Víctor, it must have taken at least four days to compose the music, because in addition to the main melody, he had to do the orchestration for the San José Band, in charge of performing the patriotic notes for the first time.

On 27 June 1853, President Mora Porras granted him the rank of "Lieutenant of the National Militias" in consideration of the great services provided to the Homeland, and on that same year, he was re-appointed as Director of the San José Military Band.

[5] On the occasion of the inauguration of the National Palace of Costa Rica in 1855, he composed the waltz El Palacio which was very popular at the time, and of which no sheet music remains to date; there is no score left for the knowledge of current generations.

[2] On 11 April, when the filibusters tried to take the city of Rivas, Nicaragua, the Costa Rican General Staff decided to request reinforcements from Lieutenant Colonel Juan Alfaro Ruiz, who was in La Virgen, but the main escape routes were blocked by the enemy; this mission to request reinforcements was entrusted to Lieutenant Gutiérrez, who offered himself, mounted his horse and set off at full speed, opening a field between the enemy ranks by riding the horse sideways to protect himself from the bullets, and then successfully completed the mission, which tilted the forces in favor of Costa Rica, who won the battle.

[2] In the capital of Cuba he dedicated himself to arranging instrumentation to train musicians in the lyrical genre and he successfully achieved his goal, because when he returned, he was able to present a regular orchestra.