“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.
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1252295
for: Clarinet, piano
Music score
Item no.: 753542
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1379635
from "Rigoletto"
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 724998
from "La Traviata"
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 758449
From ‘I Vespri siciliani’
for: Voice (bass)
Music score
Item no.: 752240
From ‘Nabucco’
for: Stimme (Bariton)
Music score
Item no.: 752224
from: Aida
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 759658
for: Flexible ensemble (4 voices)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1210532
C
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1645935
G
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1044152
Eingangschor, aus: Giovanna d'Arco
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB), Tuba, Klavier
Score
Item no.: 1338476
for: Concert band
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Item no.: 1260076
for: Mixed choir, concert band
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Item no.: 1260075
for: Clarinet, piano
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Item no.: 1255543
for: Trombone, piano
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Item no.: 1255537
for: Concert band
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Item no.: 1262034
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices)
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Item no.: 1220567
for: 5 clarinets (quintet)
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Item no.: 1220566
for: Soprano saxophone, piano [organ]
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Item no.: 1249269
for: Horn (E-flat), piano [organ]
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Item no.: 1249257
for: Alto trombone, guitar
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Item no.: 1249254
for: Trombone, guitar
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Item no.: 1249252
for: Viola, piano [organ]
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Item no.: 1249245
for: Viola, guitar
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Item no.: 1249244
for: Cello, guitar
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Item no.: 1249242
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
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Item no.: 1249241
for: Flexible ensemble (8 voices)
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Item no.: 1252609
for: Trumpet, piano
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Item no.: 1250963
for: Voice, piano
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Item no.: 1254107
for: Flute, guitar
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Item no.: 1246395
for: Oboe, piano [organ]
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Item no.: 1246394
for: Bass clarinet, piano [organ]
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Item no.: 1246390
for: Tenor recorder, piano [organ]
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Item no.: 1246382
for: Horn (F), guitar
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Item no.: 1246367
for: Violin, guitar
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Item no.: 1246355
for: Piccolo, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1249062
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1381585
Arie des Alfredo aus der Oper "La Traviata"
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 1563
from the opera "La Traviata"
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Music score
Item no.: 754057
From ‘Rigoletto’
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score
Item no.: 752332
From ‘Simon Boccanegra’
for: Voice (soprano), piano
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Item no.: 752334
From ‘I due Foscari’
for: Stimme (Bariton)
Music score
Item no.: 744321
from "Macbeth"
for: Voice (baritone/alto), piano
Music score
Item no.: 725691
from "Nabucco"
for: Voice (bass), piano
Music score
Item no.: 725693
for: Double Bass, Keyboard
Instrumental Solo & Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612114
F
for: Flute, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1589435
Chor der schottischen Flüchtlinge, aus: Macbeth
for: Chor SAATTB, Klavier
Score
Item no.: 1338475