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==Compositions==
==Compositions==
Sguðitn’s compositions, many of them commissioned, number about 150 works in total. Many of her works are chamber music and songs. Her style is often described as “constrained composition” by critics, as she often tried to optimize for both economy/efficiency and expressiveness.  
Sguðitn’s compositions, many of them commissioned, number about 150 works in total. Many of her works are chamber music and songs. <!--Her style is often described as “constrained composition” by critics, as she often tried to optimize for both economy/efficiency and expressiveness-->.  


Sguðitn could only compose at a limited pace during her academic career. Much of her œuvre comes from after she retired and was only published after her death.
Sguðitn could only compose at a limited pace during her academic career. Much of her œuvre comes from after she retired and was only published after her death.


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


*6 string trios
Sguðitn authored a classic textbook on regular temperaments, though she herself did not invent the notion.
*12 string quartets
*12 string quintets
 
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*Chamber music (70)
*Solo pieces (32)
*Vocal music
**"Lieder" (34)
**Choral music (25)
*Orchestral music (40)
*One opera
 
Her firsts as a composer:
*Used some rank-2 temperaments for the first time in Talmic music. (Is this realistic before precise pitch measurement/the invention of computers?)
As tuning theorist
* 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.-->


==Mathematical output==
==Mathematical output==
139,487

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