Scionti, Silvio, 1882-1973

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Silvio Vittore Alberto Scionti was born on November 20, 1882, in Acireale, Sicily, in Italy. In his early years, he studied piano with his uncle, and later studied with Beniamino Cesi at the Palermo Conservatory, and with Florestano Rossomandi at the Royal Conservatory of Naples. Scionti moved to Chicago on the invitation of Rossomandi's friend Enrico Sansoni, a violinist who wanted to start a music school. Another mutual friend of Rossomandi, Eugen d'Albert, recommended Scionti to John James Hattstaedt of the American Conservatory, and Scionti joined their faculty in 1906. Scionti became a well known concert pianist and teacher, and recorded several piano rolls. He married Isabel Laughlin, a former student who graduated from Baylor University, and moved to Chicago to study with him, and they became a renowned piano duo, performing at Carnegie Hall in 1938 and 1939. The Sciontis relocated to Denton in the early 1940s, as Silvio Scionti joined the music faculty of what is now the University of North Texas. Silvio Scionti died in Rome on May 22, 1973.
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referencedIn Willie Morris Collection University of Mississippi
referencedIn Martin Mailman Collection, 1956-1986 University of North Texas. Music Library
creatorOf Silvio and Isabel Scionti Collection, 1926-1943 University of North Texas. Music Library
referencedIn Elizabeth Stephens Collection, 1942-2002 University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Department of Special Collections
contributorOf Joe M. Morris Piano Roll Collection, 1902-2006 University of North Texas. Music Library
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employeeOf American Conservatory of Music (Chicago, Ill.) corporateBody
associatedWith Ampico Reproducing Piano, East Rochester, N.Y. corporateBody
associatedWith Andersen, Stell, 1897- person
associatedWith Bain, Wilfred C. person
associatedWith Carreño, Teresa, 1853-1917 person
associatedWith D'Albert, Eugen, 1864-1932 person
associatedWith Davis, Ivan. person
associatedWith Dowis, Jeanneane person
associatedWith Ganz, Rudolph, 1877-1972 person
associatedWith Mailman, Martin, 1932-2000 person
associatedWith Mailman, Mary Nan, 1929-2016 person
associatedWith Roberts, Jack Lundy, 1931-2004 person
employeeOf University of North Texas. College of Music corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
Acireale 15 IT
Chicago IL US
Rome 07 IT
Palermo 15 IT
Naples 04 IT
Denton TX US
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Birth 1882-11-20

Death 1973-05-22

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Italians

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Italian

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