April 28 - Ludvig Schytte (The Musical Birthday Series, 4th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for April 28th may be found here: John Jacob Niles (2019), Michael Daugherty (2020), and Blossom Dearie (2021)

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Ludvig Schytte (28 April 1848 – 10 November 1909) was a Danish composer, pianist, and teacher.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elementary Question

His shorter works are still used today as educational studies for piano students. -- Wikipedia

Did Schytte have nephews and nieces

For whom he wrote all of those pieces,

Or were daughters and sons

The unfortunate ones.

Who were guinea pigs for his caprices?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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