How to pronounce this composer's name? Schytte

[Bob]

I got the Ludvig part. 

Schytte?

Besides the obvious, is it ShIIIt?  Or ShIIIt-E?



On the lighter side, I can imagine someone announcing the Schytte piece they are about to play.

[keypeg]

To be on the safe side, perhaps pronounce it to rhyme with "beet, fleet, meet" or maybe "shee - ta" (rhyme with "cheetah"?)

[quantum]

Next on our program is a piece of

Maybe make use of the "e" at the end. shy-TAY

[dnephi]

I've heard "Shite."  I like it.

[Bob]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludvig_Schytte

He's Danish.  A Danish Schytte.  Studied with Liszt, so he's Liszt's Schytte.  Wrote educational music... educational Schytte.  Not to be confused with the two Schytte concerti of course.  And he's a Romantic composer, so he's the Romantic Schytte.  Looks like he's a pre-Hitler Schytte too.  And I don't see anything about a doctorate, so I guess he's just Mr. Schytte to you.

That still doesn't tell me how to pronounce the name though.  I'd hesitate to use that one in church.  Play some Schytte music in church?  Tell someone you played a piece of Schytte in church?  This is one of those words to tread carefully around.

[keypeg]

I got a bunch of answers from the linguist corner:
"The correct pronunciation in Modern Danish (slightly different from how it was pronounced when he lived) is ['luðˀ.vi 'skødə] in approximated IPA. This is not exactly easy to pronounce for an English-speaking musician, though. I’d probably pronounce it like ['skʊdə] (with the [ʊ] being like the u in ‘put’) if saying it in English, I think."

and

"also known as Ludwig Skutte (with an umlaut u), " ... and apparently in the old ABRSM book he was listed to rhyme with "shooter" or like the German "Schuette" (u with Umlaut).

KP

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[Bob]

Ah, I see.  More like "scooter?" 

[rachfan]

I'd be afraid to ask this question never mind answer it.   

[Bob]

There's a Schytte piece on the forum collection here.  That's why I ask.  At first glance I thought Scuttle, then I looked more carefully... 

[squinchy]

Haha, I was going to suggest "Skittuh," with the "uh" being the "oe" in Goethe.

[arensky]

On the lighter side, I can imagine someone announcing the Schytte piece they are about to play.

"And now, some Schytte!"