“To copy the truth can be a good thing, but to invent the truth is better, much better. ’ Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901)
It is fair to say that Verdi, in his musical career, had very little need to copy the truth. He was one of the most important figures of Italian Opera, and is particularly well know for his Messa da Requiem . Browse our sheet music and scores for Giuseppe Verdi, and explore all his magnificent works today.
Many of Verdi’s 28 operas, along with many of Mozart’s operas and the operas by Giacomo Puccini, belong to the most frequently performed stage works worldwide today.
After his first two operas failed to capture audience’s imagination, Verdi made his first real break-through in 1842 with Nabucco. For the next two decades, he premiered a new opera almost every year. His operatic masterpieces include La Traviata, Aida, Rigoletto, La Forza del Destino, Macbeth and Don Carlos.
His later works, Otello, and his comic opera Falstaff are through composed, moving away from the tradition number opera, recitative and aria form. This new musical form forged the way for modern classical music, and can be regarded as the basis of modern day film music, while the works of Giacomo Meyerbeer and in particular Richard Wagner helped to shape the Hollywood sound world which we know and love today.
Despite his varied chamber music and cantatas, Verdi’s Messa da Requiem is considered his most important work, outside his operatic repertoire.
Verdi was not only a highly esteemed composer, he was also a successful landowner, and he even dabbled in politics. In 1895 he built a hospital near Busseto, and a retirement home for musicians in Milan, which is still in operation today.
Opera Vocal Score Series
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260582
versione in quattro atti
Ricordi Opera Vocal Score Series
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389057
UMPC Critical Editions – Practical Series
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 774788
su motivi de La Traviata di G. Verdi
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 388499
Soprano
for: Voice (soprano)
Music score
Item no.: 796115
Totenmesse für vier Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester
zum ersten Jahrestag des Todes von Alessandro Manzoni
Urtextausgabe
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 378814
Soprano
for: Voice (soprano)
Music score
Item no.: 796116
Opera Vocal Score Series (Ricordi)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 586545
Oper/Operette
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 215480
Trinklied (Alfredo, Violetta) aus der Oper "La Traviata"
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (pdf download)
Item no.: 1833
Soprano
for: Voice (soprano)
Music score
Item no.: 796117
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 143368
for: Zither (6 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 149253
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 408880
Ricordi Critical Editions
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389027
Opera Vocal Score Series
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1018356
Book
Item no.: 259658
Opera Vocal Score Series
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260620
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 260605
Opera completa per canto e pianoforte
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260606
Tragedia lirica in tre atti
Opera Vocal Score Series (Ricordi)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 816947
G. Schirmer's Collection of Opera Librettos
Lyric book
Item no.: 318312
Opera Vocal Score Series
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1018352
Opera Vocal Score Series (Ricordi)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 274955
for: Choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 613828
Selected and arranged by Martin Setchell
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 694876
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 185471
Melodramma in quatro atti
2nd version (Paris 1865)
Opera Vocal Score Series (Ricordi)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389024
Reprint of the G. Ricordi & Co., Milan, 1893 edition
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 229266
Teure Heimat
for: 1–2 accordions
Music score
Item no.: 127191
Duett aus der Oper "Don Carlo", bearbeitet für 2 Saxophone und Klavier
for: 2 saxophones (AT), Klavier
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1982
zur Oper "La Traviata"
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1307
Arie des Germont aus der Oper "La Traviata"
for: Voice (baritone), piano
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 1564
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SMezTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 631323
aus der Oper "Nabuccodonosor", für gem. Chor u. Orchester (Klavier)
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 307830
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392305
Dall?Opera Rigoletto Di G. Verdi
for: 2 Clarinets and Piano
Buch
Item no.: 1215105
aus der Oper "Aida"
bearbeitet für Trompete und Klavier
for: Trumpet (C/B-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2300
Dover republication of the authoritative edition published by G. Ricordi, Milan
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 416714
for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 776964
From ‘Macbeth’
for: Voice (bass)
Music score
Item no.: 752233
für Gesang und Klavier
Deutsch / Italienisch
for: Voice (bass), piano
Item no.: 378807
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 296489
for: Cello Octet
Buch
Item no.: 620269
"Brindisi"
aus der Oper "La Traviata"
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 211820
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 260583
for: Trumpet (solo), brass quintet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 364879
Opera Vocal Score Series (Ricordi)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389029
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 389453
Edizione tradizionale
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 296490