Verse:Hmøøh/Rewhd Sgutsis

(This is premodern!Sgutsitn. Deciding between this and modern!Sgutsitn.)

Rewhd Avnín Sgutsitn (Eevo: [rɛuht avˈnin ˈskytsitɬ] fT 2036 – fT 2096 (aged 60)) was a mathematician, music theorist and Anøvrian composer.

Traits

• Languages:
  • (Pretty archaic) Eevo (native speaker)
  • Sfətsiv (knows a little, her grandparents spoke it)
  • Windermere and Tamil (She would have had to be able to read it to read premodern math texts)
• Credit to Mike Battaglia, Gene Ward Smith, and other members of the microtonal community who developed the music theory used here.

Historical backdrop

• Music theory: their scales are based on diamonds, CPS's, constant-structure scales
• Matrix algebra, perhaps from earlier work on tempering out small commas.

Early life and education

Sgutsitn was born in the city of Flian, Anøvr to a family of Adutsib descent as the second of three children. Her father was the physicist and composer Avnín Salis, who was professor of physics in the University of Flian. Her mother, Fyvað Sgutsitn (adapted from Adutsib xwəbad skwucił), was a classical ŋams player and music teacher. Her mother's brother, Mugiv Ytxuðe, was a sewøðr player.

A child prodigy, Rewhd was taught ðavr and math from a young age. She started auditing music and math classes before she was 5. She was allowed to skip boarding school and to enroll in Flian University in math at age 10 by taking an entrance exam. She was an exceptionally gifted student and graduated in mathematics and music with honors at age 16 (fT 2052). She then studied composition and instrumentation with a number of composers.

In fT 2056 Sgutsitn returned as a doctoral student in mathematics to Flian University, where she specialized in number theory. Under the supervision of Esŋóo rið Mnaŋ, Sgutsitn was awarded a doctorate for her dissertation in fT 2061.

Later life

Shortly after receiving her doctorate, Sgutsitn started corresponding with a number of composers and musicians to exchange ideas about music. These discussions, as well as explorations of various non-Etalocian musical traditions (especially Naquian music), would inspire her to further develop the music theory at that time. These ideas were distilled into a treatise that was published in fT 2070. While Sgutsitn's treatise does not use the language of modern linear algebra, it still gives detailed procedures for building temperaments and other musical constructions.

In fT 2280, an academic took notice of Sgutsitn's work and invited her to serve in the University of ___ as a professor of music. She accepted the offer and would continue to teach there for 20 years. Among her students were several notable Talman composers and popular musicians.

In fT 2300, Sgutsitn retired from her academic post 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.

Contributions

• Riemann zeta function and consonance
• Regular temperaments and scales (Maybe not with the full algebraic machinery)

Compositions

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Sgutsitn’s compositions, many of them commissioned, number about 200 works in total. Sgutsitn often takes inspiration from folk music and world music, as well as older classical music. In particular, they're often influenced by Naquian music and other "temperament traditions" outside Etalocin. Sgutsitn specifies various equal temperaments described in her work, in addition to works that use just intonation as in traditional Etalocian music.

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• Winter Solstice "Cantatas"
• Possibly some musical dramas

Bibliography

• Her thesis (fT 2259)
• The treatise (fT 2270)

Personal life and views

A lesbian, Sgutsitn never had children. She had a few female lovers throughout her life.

Religion-wise, Sgutsitn was an avid Grwidian and this influenced some of her compositions as well.

Family members:

• Osri Sgutsitn (older sister) - music teacher
• Yzich Sgutsitn (younger sister)