“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.
Per Tenore, Baritono E Pianoforte
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 257723
Lyric book
Item no.: 318293
Per Soprano, Tenore E Pianoforte
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 388403
Oper/Operette
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 257587
Overture
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 741215
Oper/Operette
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 257790
G. Schirmer's Collection of Opera Librettos
Lyric book
Item no.: 318309
Riduzione per canto e pianoforte di G. Luporini
for: SATB Double Choir and Piano Reduction
Piano reduction
Item no.: 227319
The Walsh Collection
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1197027
Southern Music
for: Oboe
Music score
Item no.: 926938
Oper/Operette
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 257501
Oper/Operette
for: Voice (baritone), piano
Score
Item no.: 258856
Oper/Operette
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 257589
for: Voice, concert band
Score
Item no.: 1015174
BOVACO Vocal Solo
for: Voice, concert band
Score
Item no.: 1023432
Oper
Lyric book
Item no.: 303257
Oper
Lyric book
Item no.: 303256
BOVACO Vocal Solo
for: Voice, concert band
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1021466
for: 4 trombones (quartet)
Item no.: 556539
BOVACO Vocal Solo
for: Voice, concert band
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1010580
for: Concert Band and Vocal Soloist
Score
Item no.: 1016239
BOVACO Vocal Solo
for: Voice, concert band
Score
Item no.: 1061650
for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1138787
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 949627
Quattro pezzi sacri Nr. 2
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 613829
for: Mixed Choir [SSATB] A Cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 998481
G. Schirmer's Collection of Opera Librettos
Lyric book
Item no.: 318288
G. Schirmer's Collection of Opera Librettos
Lyric book
Item no.: 318283
G. Schirmer's Collection of Opera Librettos
Lyric book
Item no.: 318296
aus der Oper "Aida", für gem. Chor, Klavier
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 307836
G. Schirmer's Collection of Opera Librettos
Lyric book
Item no.: 318289
Volgarizzata da Dante
for: Voice (soprano), strings
Score
Item no.: 157318
for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 776964
Gefangenenchor aus Nabucco (Va pensiero)
for: Trumpet (C/B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 663062
for: 4 trombones (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 377079
English version by Edward J. Dent
Lyric book
Item no.: 306845
English version by Edward J. Dent
Lyric book
Item no.: 306841
English version
Lyric book
Item no.: 306847
Lyric book
Item no.: 260174
Libretto
for: Libretto
Lyrics
Item no.: 259042
Ricordi I Libretti d'Opera
for: Libretto
Lyrics
Item no.: 260431
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 778808
Lyric book
Item no.: 258977
Lyric book
Item no.: 257733
Oper/Operette
for: Libretto
Lyrics
Item no.: 259918
Un giorno di regno
Lyric book
Item no.: 258889
versione in 4 atti
Lyric book
Item no.: 259041
Tragedia lirica in tre atti
Lyric book
Item no.: 258988
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