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Rewhd Avnín Sgutsitn (Eevo: [rɛuht avˈnin ˈskytsitɬ] fT 2236 – fT 2316 (aged 80)) was a Fyxámian composer.

Traits

• Languages:
  • Eevo (native speaker)
  • Sfətsiv (knows a little, her grandparents spoke it)
  • Windermere (non-native speaker)
  • Tamil (can read)

Historical backdrop

Music

What composers had been there? What styles, textures and harmony had they used?

Early life and education

Sgutsitn was born in the city of [...] in Fyxám to an Anøvrian immigrant family of Adutsib descent as the second of three children. Before they moved to Fyxám, her father, Avnín Sgutsitn (adapted from Sfətsiv ʔAfəgwadh Scütsił), was chair of mathematics in the University of Flian who composed in his spare time. Her mother, Navað Salis, was a classical ŋams player and music teacher. Her mother's brother, Mugiv Ytxuðe, was a sewøðr player.

A precocious tomboy, Rewhd was taught mathematics and davr by her parents. She started auditing music and math classes before she was 5. She was to a large extent self-taught in the boarding school math and music curriculum, seeking out math and music books to read in libraries, music to listen to, and instruments to learn to play. She was allowed to skip boarding school and to enroll in the University of Olltal in math at age 10 by taking an entrance exam. She was an exceptionally gifted student and graduated in mathematics with honors at age 16.

Around graduation, Sgutsitn began to study with the composer Cosga Siva. At the encouragement of Siva, in fT 2255 she participated in the composition competition Farca Dalóor, with [some cantata or mini-opera] and won.

After winning Farca Dalóor Sgutsitn returned to the University of Olltal as a doctoral student in mathematics. Under the supervision of number theorist Zyŋóo Liŋ, Sgutsitn was awarded a doctorate for her dissertation Zeta Functions of Algebraic Curves over Finite Fields (fT 2259), where she proved the Weil conjectures for the case of algebraic curves.

Later life

After receiving her doctorate, Sgutsitn abandoned research mathematics. She taught mathematics in schools, while she corresponded with a number of composers and musicians to exchange ideas about music. These discussions would inspire her to further develop the music theory at that time.

In fT 2300 (aged 63), Sgutsitn retired and secluded herself, intending to focus solely on composition. She lived in a house in Sŋooron until she died of a stroke in fT 2316 (aged 80).

Compositions

Sgutsitn’s compositions, many of them commissioned, number about 200 works in total. Many of her works are chamber music and songs. Sgutsitn often takes inspiration from folk music as well as older classical music.

(Many of her “high-level” tempo markings and staff directions are in her native Eevo – while “low-level” ones such as dynamics markings remain in Windermere.)

Sgutsitn's works often use regular temperaments, in addition to works that use just intonation as in traditional Etalocian music. She also authored a classic textbook on regular temperaments, though she herself did not invent the notion.

Bibliography

• Mroga xiv ry blwhir jybinþylisár jonda jynéeb (Zeta Functions of Algebraic Curves over Finite Fields) (fT 2259)

Personal life

A lesbian, Sgutsitn never married a man or had children; she had a handful of female lovers.

Family members:

• Osri Sgutsitn (older sister) - applied mathematician
• Yzich Sgutsitn (younger sister) - an artist