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Essays on Artistic Piano Playing

ISBN-13: 9781574410419
Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS PRESS
Imprint: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS PRESS
By Guerry- J
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Local release date: 28/09/2006
Format: Paperback 141 pages Weight: 0g
Categories: Keyboard instruments [AVRG]

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Author Biography
Google Preview: Silvio Scionti, after establishing himself as a much admired pianist and teacher at The American Conservatory and The Chicago Musical College, moved with his wife Isabel to New York City where the duo performed in all the major music centers in Europe, Mexico, and the United States. World War II interrupted that career and Scionti became Artist in Residence at the University of North Texas in 1942. As master teacher, clinician, conductor, arranger of works for two pianos, editor of many works for solo piano, and writer of essays on various aspects of piano playing, he attracted some of the most gifted pianists from all over the country, thereby greatly enhancing the reputation and growth of the School of Music. Throughout Scionti's tenure at North Texas, his students won national and international piano competitions, ranking alongside students at music schools such as Juilliard, Eastman, and Curtis. Silvio Scionti (1882-1973), the distinguished Italian-American pianist and teacher, was a prolific writer. This book, about artistry in piano playing, contains heretofore unpublished essays that Scionti wrote over a period of many years. The topics range from "Basic Points in Fine Piano Playing" and "The Art of Pedaling" (both richly illustrated with musical examples) to "Memorizing Piano Music," "Silence--Its Use and Misuse," and "The Metronome--Its Beneficial or Harmful Side. Silvio Scionti was a zestful, colorful figure, as well as a master pianist and teacher. His "buoyant spirit," enthusiasm, talent, and reputation brought students to Denton from around the country. Stories about him, particularly about his more than ten-year career at the University of North Texas, are legion, and author Jack Guerry--a former Scionti student--has collected many of them in this remembrance and biography.; Jack Guerry, Alumni Professor Emeritus of Music at Louisiana State University, is a former Scionti student and author of the biography, Silvio Scionti: Remembering a Master Pianist and Teacher. He also produced a compact disc, "The Piano Artistry of Silvio and Isabel Scionti." He lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.; Google Preview content

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