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. His musical work was published in La Tavola Rotonda.[1]
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.