“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.
Piano Vocal Score and CD with instrumental and vocal versions
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Score, CD
Item no.: 328843
La Forza del Destino
for: Brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1316351
for: Flexible ensemble (8 voices)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1309254
From Aida
for: Cello, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1303011
From Aida
for: Euphonium, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1303008
From Aida
for: Baritone saxophone, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1303031
From Aida
for: Horn (F), guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1303027
From Aida
for: Alto trombone, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1303023
From Aida
for: Trombone, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1303021
for: Flute, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1246396
for: Oboe, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1246393
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1246388
for: Treble recorder, guitar
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Item no.: 1246383
for: Bass recorder, piano [organ]
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Item no.: 1246380
for: Soprano saxophone, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1246377
for: Tenor saxophone, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1246373
for: Bass trombone, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1246359
for: Tuba (B-flat), piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1246344
from Rigoletto
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1311389
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score
Item no.: 427911
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392201
incl. Chorus SATB
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 587643
Blasorchester
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 589645
for: Bassoon, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1249278
for: Tenor recorder, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1249272
for: Bass recorder, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1249270
for: Soprano saxophone, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1249268
for: Alto saxophone, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1249266
for: Baritone saxophone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1249263
for: Horn (E-flat), guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1249256
for: Cello, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1249243
aus der Oper "Nabuccodonosor"
for: Women's choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 307970
for: Cello, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1312115
for: Flute, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305942
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305937
F Horn
for: Horn (F), guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305916
for: Bass trombone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305909
for: Tuba (B-flat), piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305887
for: Bass clarinet, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305719
for: Oboe, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1255544
for: Tuba, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1255534
for: Tuba (B-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1255532
for: Violin, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1255531
for: Saxophone ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 860878
for: 2 trombones, brass band
Score
Item no.: 1208719
Opera and Arias (Carisch)
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 467549
Roman der Oper
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 121244
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