- Vincenzo Valente
Vincenzo Valente (
Corigliano Calabro ,February 21 ,1855 -Naples ,September 6 ,1921 ) was an Italiancomposer and writer. He was known for hisNeapolitan song s and for hisoperetta s.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 actorNicola 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 poetFerdinando Russo .Works
Operettas
*"I granatieri"
*"Pasquita"
*"Signorina Capriccio"
*"L'usignolo"
*"Vertigini d'amore"ongs
*"'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"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,References
:"This article is based on a translation of the corresponding article in the Italian Wikipedia."
External links
* [http://www.radio.rai.it/canzonenapoletana/view.cfm?Q_EV_ID=194694&Q_PROG_ID=524 RAI archive of Neapolitan songs]
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