“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: Voice (tenor), piano
Book
Item no.: 818111
Muzika Ensemble Music
for: Flexible ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 611677
Lyric book
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for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
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BOVACO Classic CB
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1021315
BOVACO Vocal Solo and Classic CB
for: Voice, concert band
Score, Parts
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for: Choir, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1560533
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1212237
set of wind parts
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1648233
„Hat dein heimatliches Land”
for: Voice (baritone), piano
Single edition
Item no.: 356613
from the Opera La Traviata
for: Baritone and Symphonic Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198417
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1068118
for: Concert Band and Vocal Soloist
Score
Item no.: 1065612
Oper/Operette
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 1110652
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1143292
for: Concert Band and Vocal Soloist
Score
Item no.: 1064476
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1105111
for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1138787
for: Concert Band and Vocal Soloist
Score
Item no.: 1064120
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1105115
Overture
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1064514
aus der Oper "Die Lombarden", für gem. Chor u. Orchester (Klavier)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 658864
for: Organ 4 Hands
Book
Item no.: 998830
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Voice (tenor)
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 909482
for: Libretto
Buch
Item no.: 1136903
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Bass Voice
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 912154
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano 1
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for: Choir
Choir part Tenor
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Per Pianoforte
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 257689
for: Wind ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 365563
for: Concert Band and Vocal Soloist
Score, Parts
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for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1356230
for: Small wind band; choir ad lib.
Score, Parts
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Hymne/Marche/Danse
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1013921
Prelude/Voorspel
for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1013908
Oper/Operette
Choir score
Item no.: 839263
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 949632
Quattro pezzi sacri Nr. 2
for: Choir, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
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for: Voice
Choir score
Item no.: 835103
Lyric book
Item no.: 212729
Oper/Operette
for: Libretto
Lyrics
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Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
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Oper/Operette
for: Voice, piano
OTHER
Item no.: 1207086