Silvio Vittore Alberto Scionti (; born 20 November 1882; d 22 May 1973) was an Italian-born

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pianist and teacher. Born in Acireale,

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, he trained at the Royal Conservatory in Naples. He eventually settled in the United States, teaching at the American Conservatory of Music, the

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, and North Texas State College (now the University of North Texas College of Music) from 1942 to 1953, and privately in the

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area.Jack Guerry
''Silvio Scionti: Remembering a Master Pianist and Teacher''
University of North Texas Press (1991) He performed as a soloist numerous times with the

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orchestras, and frequently gave recitals. In the 1920s, he toured the United States performing piano duos with former student Stell Andersen. After 1935, he and his wife Isabel toured

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, and the United States. He also recorded a handful of piano rolls. Scionti died in

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Honors and awards

* 1956 — Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity, by the Italian Government''Scionti Decorated by the Italian Consul'',

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, July 7, 1956

Former students

* Stell Andersen * Monte Hill Davis *

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* Jeaneane Jo Dowis (1932–2013), married Samuel Lipman (1934–1994), pianist and co-founding editor of '' The New Criterion'' *

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* Jack Guerry * Mary Nan Hudgins * Jonetta Miller Hinkle * Lucy Scarbrough * Alice Downs * Jonathan Woods

Published works

* Silvio Scionti, ''The Road to Piano Artistry; a collection of classic and romantic compositions, with interpretative and technical comment'', Carl Fischer, Inc. (©1944; ©1947) () () * Silvio Scionti, ''Album of Selected Classics for Piano,'' G. Ricordi, New York (©1940) ()
Silvio Scionti, ''Essays on Artistic Piano Playing,''
compiled by Jack Guerry, University of North Texas Press (©1998) (; electronic book) () () () * Silvio Scionti, ''Silvio Scionti's system of piano artistry, L'Arte pianistica, A revised exposition of all fundamental principles of piano technique'', Edizioni Curci, Milan (©1961)

Discography

* ''The piano artistry of Silvio and Isabel Scionti'' (CD), published by Jack Guerry,

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reproducing piano rolls or from commercial 78 rpm recordings

References

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