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Scúdhainn’s compositions, many of them commissioned, number about | Scúdhainn’s compositions, many of them commissioned, number about 250 works in total. Many of them were described as “conceptual” or “constrained composition” by her contemporaries. Terse counterpoint is also common. <!--However, she also liked exploring vocal music and folk-like themes.--> | ||
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• Wrote the treatise Linear Temperaments (Tíogall: [], literally “Vector temperaments”?), formalizing the concept of linear temperaments, as a generalization of JI and some particular examples of temperaments.--> | • Wrote the treatise Linear Temperaments (Tíogall: [], literally “Vector temperaments”?), formalizing the concept of linear temperaments, as a generalization of JI and some particular examples of temperaments.--> | ||
==Music theory== | ==Music theory== | ||
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Reocht Afnín Ħajád Scúdhainn (English: /roʊkt əfni:n haɪ'jɑ:d ˈskuːðɨn/ or /... 'sku:dɨn/; born: fT 2236, died: fT 2303 - Modern Tíogall has been established as a major language by this point) was a Tíogall-speaking mathematician, composer and music theorist. Among Clotricians, she is often regarded as the greatest woman composer and mathematician who ever lived.
Languages: Tíogall (native speaker), Clofabosin (non-native speaker), Koine Netagin (read), Old Netagin (read)
Early life and education
Scúdhainn was born in the city of Óc Eo to a semi-aristocratic background; her father, Fúnchíd Scúdhainn, was a mathematics professor in the University of Óc Eo; her mother, Osraí Brinne, was a socialite, classical ŋamas player and teacher; her father's brother, Lothair, was a lawyer. A precocious tomboy, early on she was taught mathematics and ŋamas by her parents; however, she was by and large self-taught, seeking out math and music books to read in libraries and music to listen to and analyze. She entered the University of Óc Eo at age 15 by taking an entrance exam, and specialized in mathematics.
Later life
Compositions
Scúdhainn’s compositions, many of them commissioned, number about 250 works in total. Many of them were described as “conceptual” or “constrained composition” by her contemporaries. Terse counterpoint is also common.
- 9 Xaetjeon Dances
Music theory
Mathematical output
Scúdhainn contributed to algebra, number theory, and algebraic geometry.
Personal life
Scúdhainn never married a man or had children, but had several female partners throughout her life.