Anna Schytte

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Anna Johanne Schytte, also known as Anna Jutta Schytte (20 November 1877 - 16 March 1953) was a Danish composer, pianist, and teacher [1] [2] who performed throughout Europe [3] and recorded for Welte Mignon reproducing pianos. [4]

Schytte was born in Copenhagen. Her father and first music teacher was the composer Ludwig Schytte. [5] Later, she studied music with Ove Christensen, Franz Neruda and Julius Rontgen [6] in the Netherlands, and with Alfred Reisenauer [7] and Ignaz Friedman in Germany. [3]

Schytte gave piano performances in Amsterdam, Denmark (as the soloist in her father’s piano concerto), Germany (at the Leipzig Gewandhaus under conductor Arthur Nikisch), [8] London, Paris (at the Salle Pleyel) [9] and Stockholm. She performed with the Brussels Quartet and the Bohemian String Quartet, and taught in Copenhagen. [3] She recorded her father’s Berceuse op. 26, Nr. 7, for Welte Mignon. [4]

Schytte composed at least one piece for piano, Capriccietto, A Study in Staccato. [3] Both her father and Ignaz Friedman dedicated compositions to her: Four Preludes, Opus 61 by Friedmann, [10] and Petit Preludes, Opus 65 by Ludwig Schytte. [11]

References

  1. ↑ Håndskriftafdelingen, Kongelige Bibliotek (Denmark); Schiødt, Nanna; Fog, Dan; Danelund, Hans (1981). Hagens samling i det Kongelige Biblioteks Håndskriftafdeling: kilder til dansk musikhistorie samlet af S.A.E. Hagen : registrant (in Danish). Kongelige Bibliotek. ISBN   978-87-7023-506-8.
  2. ↑ Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN   0-8108-2769-7. OCLC   28889156.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN   0-9617485-2-4. OCLC   16714846.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. 1 2 Schytte, Anna. "Berceuse op. 26, Nr. 7 | WorldCat.org". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  5. ↑ Wier, Albert E. (1938). The Macmillan encyclopedia of music and musicians. The Macmillan company. OCLC   1331443950.
  6. ↑ Hull, Arthur Eaglefield (1924). A Dictionary of Modern Music and Musicians. J. M. Dent & sons, Limited.
  7. ↑ Smith, Charles Davis; Howe, Richard J. (1994). The Welte-Mignon: Its Music and Musicians. Vestal Press. ISBN   978-1-879511-17-0.
  8. ↑ The Musician. Hatch Music Company. 1903.
  9. ↑ The Piano in Concert. Scarecrow Press. 1982. ISBN   978-0-8108-1469-1.
  10. ↑ "4 Preludes, Op.61 (Friedman, Ignaz) - IMSLP: Free Sheet Music PDF Download". imslp.org. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  11. ↑ "Petits Préludes, Op.65 (Schytte, Ludvig) - IMSLP: Free Sheet Music PDF Download". imslp.org. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
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