Corigliano Calabro
Corigliano Calabro is a town and a ''frazione'' of Corigliano-Rossano located in the province of Cosenza, c. 40 km northeast of the city of Cosenza, in Calabria, southern Italy.
Geography
It is situated near the mouth of a river of the same ...
– 6 September 1921 in
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
) was an Italian composer and writer. He was known for his
Neapolitan song
Canzone napoletana (), sometimes referred to as Neapolitan song ( nap, canzona napulitana ), is a generic term for a traditional form of music sung in the Neapolitan language, ordinarily for the male voice singing solo, although well represented ...
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
Nicola Maldacea (29 October 1870 – 5 March 1945) was an Italian actor, comedian and singer.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.
Works
Operettas
*'' I granatieri''
*''Pasquita''
*''Signorina Capriccio''
*''L'usignolo''
*''Vertigini d'amore''
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"
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)
References
:''This article is based on a translation of the corresponding article in the Italian Wikipedia.''