Antonio Scontrino
Composer
1850 – 1922
Who was Antonio Scontrino?
Antonio Scontrino 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.
He composed five operas, several large orchestral works, 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 1895?; G minor in 4 movements, 1900; C major 4 movements, 1903; A minor 4 movements, 1905?; F major 4 movements, 1918?
The Conservatorio di Musica "Antonio Scontrino" in Trapani is named in his memory.
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