“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.
sax culture Vol. 53
for: 5 saxophones (AATTBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1678167
for: 2 cellos
Item no.: 1672723
From Aida
for: 2 trumpets, horn, 2 trombones, tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1643698
From Nabucco
for: 2 trumpets, horn, 2 trombones, tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1643695
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1544060
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1544067
Preludio
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1584799
for: Flute, clarinet, bassoon, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1562710
for: Choir, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1562680
for: Choir, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1560533
for: 4 soloists (SMezTB), mixed choir (SATB), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1559579
Klassik
for: Double Woodwind Quintet and Double Bass
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1214958
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Book
Item no.: 1317371
Ballettmusik aus "Macbeth
for: Organ
Score
Item no.: 1198936
(3 Volumes)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1031705
dall'opera "Traviata"
for: 2 clarinets, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1031616
for: Flute ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1586038
from the opera Nabucco
for: Choir and Piano
Buch
Item no.: 1587166
for: Flute ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1584490
for: Trumpet, orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1024218
Commento Critico Italiano
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1023927
Opera tragica in quattro atti di Andrea Maffei. Commento critico della partitura
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1018816
Commento critico della partitura
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1018842
UMPC Critical Editions
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1018820
Opera Vocal Score Series
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1018356
Opera Vocal Score Series
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1018352
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1015649
for: Voice (bass), piano
Piano reduction, CD
Item no.: 1012855
for 2 Trombones (or 2 Euphoniums) & Wind Orchestra
for: 2 trombones, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1011230
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Score, 2 CD's
Item no.: 1010119
Piano Vocal Score and 2 CDs with instrumental and vocal versions
Cantolopera (ricordi)
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 1010109
Arrangement for chamber orchestra
for: 4 soloists (SMezTB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1008617
Mitropa Classics
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 797913
for Trumpet or Flugelhorn & Orchestra
for: Trumpet, orchestra
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 797902
Hinshaw Secular
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 796787
aus der Oper 'Stiffelio'
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Score
Item no.: 796118
Soprano
for: Voice (soprano)
Music score
Item no.: 796117
aus der Oper 'Stiffelio'
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Score
Item no.: 796119
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 781189
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 778808
tragedia lirica divisa in prologò e due atti
UMPC Critical Editions
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 778730
The Works of Verdi Series 1
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 778231
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 778237
(from “La Traviata”)
for: Voice (soprano), clarinet, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 776994
for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 776964
Der Korsar
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 776634
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 776469
Nabucco
Coro de Esclavos de Nabucco
for: Flexible ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 776170