“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.
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 864260
From ‘Il trovatore’
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano)
Music score
Item no.: 752344
D
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1044175
for: Piccolo, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1249063
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1362892
Fassung für kleines Ensemble (Horn, Kontrabass, Klavier, 2 Schlagzeuger)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, chamber orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 670153
Fassung für kleines Ensemble (Horn, Kontrabass, Klavier, 2 Schlagzeuger)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, chamber orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 670152
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 257485
Opera Vocal Score Series (Ricordi)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 242479
for: 4 trombones (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1560411
Postcard
Item no.: 487354
UMPC Critical Editions
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 774165
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 931289
für Gesang und Klavier
Deutsch / Italienisch
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), piano
Item no.: 378810
Simply Classics
for: Piano
Item no.: 156286
Choral Programme Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 176133
Per Soprano E Pianoforte
for: Soprano and Piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389099
da "Il Trovatore"
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 774518
Der Troubadour
for: Voice (high/medium/low), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1357565
Lied des Herzogs aus der Oper "Rigoletto"
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1291
Arie der Violetta aus der Oper "La Traviata"
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 1565
From ‘Il trovatore’
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano)
Music score
Item no.: 752351
for: Guitar Sextet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1113420
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1658928
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SMezTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1682044
Gefangenenchor aus der Oper "Nabucco"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score (pdf download)
Item no.: 2971
from the opera "Rigoletto"
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Music score
Item no.: 731245
Prelude to the 1st act
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198426
from: Rigoletto
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 1341013
Gefangenenchor aus der Oper "Nabucco"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (pdf download)
Item no.: 1274
Coro di profughi scozzesi from the Opera Macbeth
for: Choir and Symphonic Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198591
Gegenwartsmusik
Score
Item no.: 1664234
from La Forza del Destino
TTBB choir set and Soprano solo
for: Concert band; chorus ad lib.
Choir score, Solo part
Item no.: 668520
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 977111
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 894809
Kritischer Bericht
Music score (hardcover)
Item no.: 774109
for: 4 flutes, alto flute
Score, Parts
Item no.: 769313
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 949628
(from Il Trovatore)
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 696834
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 831933
Klassik
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1104808
Variationen über die 2. Arie des Oskar aus der Oper "Ein Maskenball"
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part, audio files (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 1254
Southern Music
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 927166
Vedi, le fosche... Choeur des bohémiens
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 922306
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Score, 2 CD's
Item no.: 1010119
da "Otello"
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 774517
da "Rigoletto"
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 774501
From ‘Rigoletto’
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Music score
Item no.: 738249