Who is ludvig schytte biography
Ludvig Schytte (28 April in Aarhus – 10 November in Berlin) was a....
Schytte, Ludvig (Theodor), Danish pianist, teacher, and composer; b.
I was born April 28, , in Aarbus, Jütland, Denmark, the youngest of thirteen children. My father, who was a minister, played with considerable skill a number of instrumentsviolin, viola, cello, guitar, flute, and piano; my mother had an excellent voice, and all of my brothers and sisters were musical; so that in my childhood I heard a great deal of music.
But what interested me most was chamber-music, Beethovens sonatas, and Chopins tone-poems, several of which one of my sisters played very well.
My father composed very diligently, and not without talent; I can recall to-day some of his piano-compositions which could be heard with pleasure.
Nevertheless, I did not study music; my father was much too nervous to instruct me, and none of my brothers or sisters had time to give to me. Still, I studied counterpoint in an unconscious, as well as practical, way. When my mother and I were alone she always sang, and it gave me great satisfaction to make up another part to