“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: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 775749
Lyric book
Item no.: 318336
Lyric book
Item no.: 318305
Opera in three acts
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318164
Pierluigi Petrobelli zum 60. Geburtstag
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 302379
Ricordi Critical Editions
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260776
commedia lirica in tre atti
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 260619
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Book
Item no.: 1317371
from Nabucco
Oxford Choral Classics Octavos
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 342927
for 2 Trombones (or 2 Euphoniums) & Wind Orchestra
for: Concert Band/Harmonie and 2 Baritones/Euphoniums, 2 Trombones
Score
Item no.: 1208822
UMPC Critical Editions
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 697500
tragedia lirica divisa in prologò e due atti
UMPC Critical Editions
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 778730
Oper/Operette
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 962202
from Nabucco
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 759093
Dramma in four acts
Opera Vocal Score Series (Ricordi)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 242211
G. Schirmer's Collection of Opera Librettos
Lyric book
Item no.: 318288
G. Schirmer's Collection of Opera Librettos
Lyric book
Item no.: 318283
Opera in four acts
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318178
English version
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 259701
Hal Leonard Solo and Ensemble
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 806105
UMPC Critical Editions
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 696865
Lyric comedy in three acts. Based on Shakespeare's 'The Merry Wives Of Windsor' and passages from 'Henry IV'.
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 209108
Ricordi Critical Editions
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 189555
Melodramma in quattro
Partitura e Commento Critico in Inglese
UMPC Critical Editions
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 696408
G. Schirmer's Collection of Opera Librettos
Lyric book
Item no.: 318290
English version by Edward J. Dent
Lyric book
Item no.: 306845
Piano Vocal Score and 2 CDs with instrumental and vocal versions
Cantolopera (ricordi)
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 1010109
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 328753
Opera in 4 Acts
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318188
Opera Vocal Score Series
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260772
Hal Leonard Solo and Ensemble
for: Trombone
Music score
Item no.: 807559
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 647541
The Walsh Collection
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1196993
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 774715
UMPC Critical Editions
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 184627
Cantolopera
for: Voice (baritone), piano
Piano reduction, 2 CDs
Item no.: 771401
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318127
Lyric book
Item no.: 318293
Opera Vocal Score Series
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 185020
from 'Il Trovatore'
for: 4 brass instruments
Score, Parts
Item no.: 971703
Choral Large Works
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 317693
G. Schirmer's Collection of Opera Librettos
Lyric book
Item no.: 318292
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 774369
Ed. Critica R. Parker (kritischer Bericht) (Critical Report)
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 260138
The Works of Verdi Series 1
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 778231
Commento Critico in Inglese
UMPC Critical Editions
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 774016
The Great Classics
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 870168
for: Voice (bass), piano
Piano reduction, CD
Item no.: 1012855
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