Antonio Scontrino (17 May 1850, Trapani – 7 January 1922, Florence) was an Italian composer.
Scontrino studied at the Palermo Conservatory from 1861 and 1870 and later in Munich. He began performing as a double bassist in 1891. In 1898, he became a professor of composition at the Palermo Conservatory and also taught in Florence afterwards. (Indeed, there are references to him as a teacher of counterpoint at the Florence Conservatory somewhat earlier, in 1897.)[1]
He composed five operas (from 1879 to 1896),[2] several large orchestral works (including symphonies), one concerto each for double bass, bassoon, and piano, four string quartets and a prelude and fugue for quartet, incidental music, pieces for piano, choral music, and lieder.
Scontrino's String Quartets are: E minor (Prelude and Fugue) 1895?; G minor in 4 movements, 1900; C major 4 movements, 1903; A minor 4 movements, 1905?; F major 4 movements, 1918?[3]
The Conservatorio di Musica "Antonio Scontrino" in Trapani is named in his memory.
Selected works
edit- Grande polonese
- Marcia trionfale
- Sinfonia marinesca[3]
- Sinfonia romantica
- Preludio religioso
- Marion De Lorme
- Idillio di Sigfrido
- Pierre Gringoire
- La cortigiana
References
edit- ^ December 1, 1897 issue of the Musical Record and Review of Boston, published by the Oliver Ditson Company, page 26. Retrieved from Google Books on 26 June 2011.
- ^ "Scontrino, Antonio". Operone.de (in German). Retrieved 11 November 2010.
- ^ a b "Scontrino,_Antonio". IMSLP. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
External links
edit- Works by or about Antonio Scontrino at the Internet Archive
- Trapani Conservatory homepage (in Italian)
- Timeline of Scontrino's life (in Italian)
- Free scores by Antonio Scontrino at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
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