“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.
Lyric book
Item no.: 318296
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 159415
G. Schirmer's Collection of Opera Librettos
Lyric book
Item no.: 318309
Master Musicians Series
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 768970
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 645854
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 778237
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 866348
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260149
for: Clarinet, piano
Music score
Item no.: 769580
Lyric book
Item no.: 306841
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 774110
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 777576
for: Trumpet
Music score
Item no.: 807142
Piano Vocal Score and 2 CDs with instrumental and vocal versions
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Piano reduction, 2 CDs
Item no.: 771698
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Book
Item no.: 312716
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 774391
from Nabucco
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722288
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1713664
Partitura + Commento Critico Inglese
for: Opera
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 275611
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 870160
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 882049
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318180
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 746368
From Aida
for: Trumpet, piano
Music score
Item no.: 771375
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 869160
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 962234
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318171
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260586
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 667336
für Solokornett/Trompete und Blechbläserquintett
for: Cornet [trumpet] (B-flat) (solo), brass quintet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1688153
from the Opera Un Ballo in Maschera
for: Soprano and Symphonic Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198203
Prelude to the 1st act
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198391
Prelude
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198554
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1639434
for two trombones, symphonic brass and percussion
for: 2 Trombones, Brass Ensemble and Percussion
Partitur, Leihmaterial
Item no.: 1208712
From Rigoletto
for: Concert Band and Tenor Voice
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1104792
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, bass trombone
Score, Parts
Item no.: 778684
aus der Oper "Der Troubadour"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [piano]
Choir score
Item no.: 1659343
from the Opera La Forza del Destino
for: Tenor and Symphonic Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198674
Essential Elements European Band Series
Yamaha BläserKlasse
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score, Single part, Playback-CD
Item no.: 687936
Commento Critico
UMPC Critical Editions
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 696409
8 Trascrizioni Per Organo Di Autori D'Epoca
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 998114
for: 5 brass winds
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1559965
for: Flute
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1053234
aus der Oper "La Traviata"
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 308481
for: Flute, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1561386
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