Verse:Hmøøh/Rewhd Sgutsis: Difference between revisions

(Deciding between this and [[Verse:Tricin/Rewhd Sgutsitn|modern!Sgutsitn]]. This is more of an opportunity to work out the history of Talman music than anything else. Also sorta practice for an undergraduate math club talk I might give.)

'''Rhooc Avniin Askuucis''' ([[Anvyrese]]: [r̝oːts əvˈnin əˈskutsis] fT 2036 – fT 2096 (aged 60)) was an [[Verse:Tricin/Anvyr|Anvyrese]] music theorist and composer.

** (Pretty archaic) [[Anvyrese]] (native speaker)

**Perhaps Scutsit's work consists of relating this regular temperament work to equal temperaments.

Scutsit was born in the city of Flian, [[Verse:Tricin/Anvyr|Anvyr]] to a family of Adutsib descent as the second of three children. Her father was the physicist and composer Avnin Salis, who was professor of physics in the University of Flian. Her mother, Chlava Scutsit (adapted from Adutsib ''xwəbad skwucil''), was a classical ''ŋams'' player and music teacher. Her mother's brother, Mugiv Ytxudhe, was a ''sewøðr'' player.

A child prodigy, Rewhd was taught ''sewøðr'' 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 the University of Flian 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 Scutsit returned as a doctoral student in mathematics to Flian University, where she specialized in number theory. Under the supervision of Esngoa rith Mnang, Scutsit was awarded a doctorate for her dissertation in fT 2061.

Shortly after receiving her doctorate, Scutsit started corresponding with a number of composers, musicians and theorists 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 2066. While Scutsit'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 2076, an academic took notice of Scutsit's work and invited her to serve in the University of Cdam Sre as a professor of music. She accepted the offer and would continue to teach there for 14 years. Among her students were several notable Talman composers and popular musicians.

In fT 2090, Scutsit 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 2096.

Scutsit's best known written work is her treatise on equal temperaments, which mainly describes the structural properties of various equal temperaments. She wrote this partly as a "call to action" for other composers. [She might not have invented all of the material but she's definitely responsible for the zeta function stuff]

Scutsit often takes inspiration from folk music and world music, as well as older classical music.

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

Philosophy-wise, Scutsit was an avid [[Verse:Tricin/Embisoom Grwid|Grwid]]ian and this influenced some of her compositions as well.

*Osri Scutsit (older sister) - music teacher

*Yzich Scutsit (younger sister)