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

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. Her father and first music teacher was the composer Ludwig Schytte. Later, she studied music with Ove Christensen,

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and Julius Rontgen in the Netherlands, and with

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and

Ignaz Friedman Ignaz Friedman (also spelled ''Ignace'' or ''Ignacy''; full name ''Solomon (Salomon) Isaac Freudman(n)'', yi, שְׁלֹמֹה יִצְחָק פֿרײדמאַן; February 13, 1882January 26, 1948) was a Polish pianist and composer. Critics (e.g ...

in Germany. Schytte gave piano performances in Amsterdam, Denmark (as the soloist in her father’s piano concerto), Germany (at the

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under conductor

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), London, Paris (at the

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) and Stockholm. She performed with the Brussels Quartet and the Bohemian String Quartet, and taught in Copenhagen. She recorded her father’s ''Berceuse op. 26, Nr. 7'', for Welte Mignon. Schytte composed at least one piece for piano, ''Capriccietto, A Study in Staccato''. Both her father and Ignaz Friedman dedicated compositions to her: ''Four Preludes, Opus 61'' by Friedmann, and P''etit Preludes, Opus 65'' by Ludwig Schytte.

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