Silvio and Isabel Scionti Collection, 1926-1943

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Silvio and Isabel Scionti Collection, 1926-1943

1926-1943

https://findingaids.library.unt.edu/?p=collections/findingaid&id=171

The collection consists of one box of scores and manuscripts, both published and unpublished, programs, newspaper clippings, and photographs related to the careers of Silvio and Isabel Scionti.

1 box

eng, Latn

University of North Texas. Music Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11632678

University of North Texas. Music Library

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Scionti, Isabel, 1912-2002

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Isabel Scionti was born Isabel Laughlin on February 16, 1912, in Premont, Texas. Her parents recognized her talent early, and took her for piano lessons at Texas A & I at Kingsville when she was an adolescent. She graduated with honors from Baylor University after studying with Roxy Grove, who instructed her to continue her studies with Silvio Scionti in Chicago. Laughlin and Scionti married, and became renowned as a piano duo, performing at Carnegie Hall in 1938 and 1939. They relocated to Dent...

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 Ha...