Vincenzo Valente
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Vincenzo Valente (Corigliano Calabro, February 21, 1855 - Naples, September 6, 1921) was an Italian composer and writer. He was known for his Neapolitan songs and for his operettas.
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[edit] Life
Valente wrote his first piece, "Ntuniella", at the age of 15; this initiated a successful collaboration with Giambattista De Curtis. He wrote a total of ten operettas, the best known of which was I granatieri of 1889; he also wrote texts for the actor Nicola Maldacea, known for his macchiette; he was most famous, though, for his songs, the most famous of which was "Tiempe belle" of 1916.
Valente was a member of the so-called Società dello Scorfano, an artistic society which ironically emphasized its supporters' brutishness; among its other members was the poet Ferdinando Russo.
[edit] Works
[edit] Operettas
- I granatieri
- Pasquita
- Signorina Capriccio
- L'usignolo
- Vertigini d'amore
[edit] Songs
- "'A capa femmena"
- "Peppì, Comme te voglio amà"
- "'E cerase"
- "Canzona amirosa"
- "I' Pazziava"
- "'A galleria nova"
- "'A bizzuchella"
- "Canzona cafona"
- "Cammisa affatata"
- "'O campanello"
- "'A sirena"
- "Montevergine"
- "Notte sul mare"
- "'O scuitato"
- "'A cammisa"
- "Manella mia"
- "L'ammore 'n campagna,"
- "Tarantella e lariulà"
- "'O napulitano a Londra"
- "Tiempe belle"
- "Jou-jou"
- "Bambola"
[edit] Bibliography
- Luigi De Bartolo - Liliana Misurelli, I suoni dell'anima. Vincenzo Valente interprete del sentimento popolare napoletano, MIT, Cosenza, 2005
- Luigi De Bartolo - Liliana Misurelli, Un ragazzo prodigio - dalla Calabria a Napoli. Aurora, Corigliano Calabro, 2007--Aznesoc 10:21, 28 set 2007 (CEST)
[edit] References
- This article is based on a translation of the corresponding article in the Italian Wikipedia.
