“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: Tuba (B flat), guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305886
Quattro pezzi sacri Nr. 3
enthält auch: Johannes Brahms: "Adoramus te"
for: Women's choir a cappella
Organ score
Item no.: 245234
Gebet, aus: La battaglia di Legnano
for: Sopran solo, Gemischter Chor (SATB), B, Klavier
Score
Item no.: 1338474
Oper/Operette
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 257623
Em
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1045791
for: Clarinet, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1246391
From Aida
for: Double bass, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1303009
Ab
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1048019
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1382143
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 1651930
Die Oper von Giuseppe Verdi
Das musikalische Bilderbuch mit CD im Buch und zum Streamen
Illustrated book, CD
Item no.: 559377
Fassung für kleines Ensemble
for: Soloists, mixed choir, chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 613842
Musical bases for the accompaniment of the singing
for: Klavierbegleitung
CD
Item no.: 1534486
Klavierauszug
Piano reduction
Item no.: 378820
SET (10) / BLAU
Item no.: 615570
Oper in 3 Aufzügen
Reclams Textbücher
Lyric book
Item no.: 385856
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 947635
versione integrale
testo cantato francese-italiano (introduzione italiano-tedesco)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 Piano reductions
Item no.: 621394
dall' opera
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 958914
aus der Oper "Aida", für gem. Chor, Klavier
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 307836
Postcard
Item no.: 483597
Il trovatore
for: Voice (high/medium/low), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1357596
Canzone aus der Oper Rigoletto
for: Voice (high/medium/low), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1357568
Der Troubadour
for: Voice (high/medium/low), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1357564
from: “Nabucco"
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 747817
From ‘Attila’
for: Voice (bass), piano
Music score
Item no.: 752241
Trinklied aus 'La Traviata' für variable Besetzungen
(leicht bis mittelschwer)
for: Flexible ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 671917
Oper/Operette
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198279
Quartetto from Opera Rigoletto
for: Soprano, Mezzo Soprano, Tenor, Baritone and Symphonic Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198393
from the Opera Il Trovatore
for: Soprano, Tenor, Male Choir Ad Lib. and Symphonic Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198415
from the Opera Nabucco
for: Bass, Choir Ad Lib. and Symphonic Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198588
aus der Oper „Rigoletto“
for: gemischter Chor (SAB) und Klavier
Music score
Item no.: 732896
from: Nabucco
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 759679
Oper/Operette
for: Mixed ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1207138
Klassik
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1104809
I due Foscari (zweibändig mit italienischem Libretto)
Studienpartitur
Study score
Item no.: 1344621
Overture
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 741215
Oper/Operette
for: Trombone Euphonium
Book
Item no.: 1111555
Southern Music
for: Flute ensemble
Score
Item no.: 928646
Trilogia popolare - Edizione critica (ril. brochure)
for: Vocal and Piano Reduction
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1548660
from the Opera La Traviata
for: Tenor and Symphonic Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198676
Item no.: 1664292
For the beginning pianist
for: Piano [keyboard]
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 773211
from "Otello"
Reihe "Edition Wien-Berlin Brassquintett"
for: 2 trumpets (B-flat), horn (F), trombone, tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1689544
for: Flute ensemble
Book
Item no.: 1329674
for: Tenor Voice and String Ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 998216
Condensed Score
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 927094