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-[This page uses music theory work mainly by Gene Ward Smith and Mike Battaglia.]
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+:''This page uses music theory work mainly by Praimhín. See also: [[Verse:Tricin/Talma/Music]].''
-'''Rhooc Avniin Askuucis''' ([[Anvirese]]: [r̝oːts əvˈni:n əˈsku:tsis] fT 2036 – fT 2096 (aged 60)) was an [[Verse:Tricin/Anvir|Anvirese]] music theorist and composer.
+[[File:Rewhd_Sgutsis.png|thumbnail|250px|Rewhd Sgutsis]]
+'''Rewhd Avnin Sgutsis''' (fT 1136 – fT 1200 (aged 64)) was a [[Verse:Tricin/Skella|Skellan]] composer and music theorist<!-- and essayist--> of the late Classical and early Romantic period.
+==Todo==
+*need Skellan literature
+*Talman Romantic period society and politics
+*should not agree with me on everything
 ==Traits==
+*Witty and incisive; generous towards her confidants
+*Instruments: ''ðavr'', ''ñamsom'', guitar
 *Languages:
-** (Pretty archaic) [[Anvirese]] (native speaker)
+** [[Skellan]] (native), accent: weak Iasa + Swuntsim
-** [[Sfətsiv]] (knows a little, her grandparents spoke it)
+** [[Anbirese]]
-** [[Windermere]] and [[Tamil]] (She would have had to be able to read it to read premodern math texts and Jopah's writings)
+** [[Windermere]]
-** Be able to read language Jopah wrote in
+** [[Swuntsim]] (knows a little, her grandparents spoke it)
-*What is her overarching motivation?
-*tunings: JI, 22, 31
-==Historical backdrop==
-*Music theory: their scales are based on diamonds, CPS's, constant-structure scales
-*Matrix algebra, from earlier work on tempering out small commas in JI.
-**That's where the zeta function comes in, sorta.
 ==Early life and education==
-Askuucis was born in the city of Fwian, [[Verse:Tricin/Anvir|Anvir]] 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, Χwava Askuucis (adapted from Adutsib ''xwəbad skwucis''), was a classical ''ŋams'' player and music teacher. Her mother's brother, Mugiv Ytxudhe, was a [] player.
+Sgutsis was born in the city of Hirvahnal, [[Verse:Tricin/Skella|Skella]] in the Iasa region to a family of Swuntsim descent as the second of three children. Her father was the physicist and composer Avnin Axew, who was professor of physics in the University of Hirvahnal. Her mother, Hvava Sgutsis (adapted from Talman Swuntsim ''Scütsis''), was a ''ðavr'' player and music teacher (she was also a composer). Her mother's brother, Mugiv Chətσüde, was a ''jogóm'' player.
-A child prodigy, Rhooc was taught ''ngams'' 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.
+As a child, she invented just intonation cross-sets, inspired by at a multiplication table. She was allowed to skip boarding school and to enroll in the University of Hiravnol 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).
-In fT 2056 Askuucis returned as a doctoral student in mathematics to Flian University, where she specialized in number theory. Under the supervision of Esngoa rith Mnang, Askuucis was awarded a doctorate for her dissertation in fT 2061.
+After graduating, Sgutsis studied composition and instrumentation with [Anbirese composer]. At this time she began corresponding with a number of Anbirese and Rhythoed composers, musicians and theorists to exchange ideas about music. Much of her theoretical work took place within these letters.
 ==Later life==
-Shortly after receiving her doctorate, Askuucis started corresponding with a number of composers, musicians and theorists to exchange ideas about music.
+Later in life Sgutsis made a living performing, conducting and selling her compositions. She published her treatise for the first time in fT 1166.
-In fT 2076, an academic took notice of Askuucis'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 1190, Sgutsis secluded herself, intending to focus solely on composition. She lived in a house in Sŋoran until she died of a stroke in fT 1200.
-In fT 2090, Askuucis 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.
+==Compositions==
-==Contributions to music theory==
+In earlier work, Sgutsis used classical-style JI scales, including larger cross sets, and some scales of her own invention. However, later she gravitated more and more towards free JI, since she found fixed scales too restrictive for her purposes.
-Building on Jopah's and Tăhus's work on constant structure scales, in her treatise ''Equal Divisions of the Octave'' Askuucis described a variety of equal temperaments derived from equating the step sizes in constant-structure scales. She believed that this development would be a step [no pun intended] towards more flexible music. Though her work was not the first one to describe the process of tempering out commas (it was known for small commas such as 2401/2400), nor the first to mention the idea of equal temperament, it was the first to systematically derive equal temperaments from other scales.
-Askuucis asked why the same scale sizes - e.g. 7, 10, 12, 19, 22, 27, 31 - kept showing up for "good" constant structures. This led her to discover how to formalize the notion of "good" EDOs in terms of the maxima of the Riemann zeta function on the critical strip, and discovered 19edo this way.
+Sgutsis also dabbled in poetry and set some of her own poems to choral works and art songs, in addition to poetry by such writers as Grouid and Jopah.
-[That should be it theory-wise.]
+*''Bwrjadreeg Cantatas''
+*Many pieces of chamber music, including 17 string quartets and solo ''ðavr'' and ''ñamsom'' pieces
+*''Naquian Dances'', a Naquian music-inspired suite written in subsets of 41edo.
+*Choral pieces
+*Art songs
+**Some (many of them love songs) are duets, using the ''yeejeħrhoog'' technique
+**Settings of Etsoj Jopah's poems
+*A few ''vylám''s
+**One Alice in Wonderland type thing
+**One or two of ___'s tragedies (?)
+*Many pieces for the unaccompanied violin / ''ðavr''
+*Many pieces for solo guitar
-==Compositions==
+==Contributions to music theory==
-===Partial list===
+Sgutsis's work on tuning theory includes:
-*A collection of works in various equal temperaments, à la Blackwood (?)
+*Cross-sets
-*Winter Solstice Cantatas
+*Properties of particular equal temperaments: 19edo, 22edo, 27edo, 31edo, 34edo, 41edo, 46edo
-*Some musical dramas
+**41, 46 and 58 smallest edos that represent 13-limit JI. Sgutsis often used higher edos than 31 but that didn't stick; it was 31edo which caught on.
+*Horograms and MOS scales
+*Noted that 12edo, 19edo, 22edo, 31edo, 41edo and 46edo were accurate because of the Riemann zeta function
+*Proposed 41edo as a system approximating [[Naquian]] scales that divide the perfect fifth into 4 or 8 equal parts, in particular building on Jopah's work.
+These ideas in particular influenced
+*Garinjeor Bloisin: Anbirese music theorist who fully developed regular temperament theory
+*Honan Đawhindøø: Fyxoomian classical composer
 ==Bibliography==
-*Her thesis (fT 2061) + a couple of other math papers
+*(a treatise of all her music theory ideas)
+*(collection of essays)
+*(an autobiography or a memoir)
 ==Personal life and views==
-A lesbian, Askuucis never had children. She had a few female lovers throughout her life.
+A lesbian, Sgutsis never had children. She had a few female lovers throughout her life.
-Philosophy-wise, Askuucis was an avid [[Verse:Tricin/Embisoom Grwid|Grwid]]ian and this influenced some of her compositions as well.
+Family members:
+*Osri Sgutsis (older sister) - music teacher
+*Yzih Sgutsis (younger sister)
-Family members:
+Sgutsis did not identify herself as a member of any Talman religious sect in particular. However, she was a strict vegetarian.
-*Osri Askuucis (older sister) - music teacher
-*Yzich Askuucis (younger sister)
+Sgutsis was not very politically active - however, she seems to have been less nationalistic and more universalistic than earlier Anbirese composers, at least in her earlier years. She was generally pro-industrialization and pro-democracy.