“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: Cello, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1250956
for: Piccolo, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1246397
for: Treble recorder, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1246384
for: Tenor recorder, guitar
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Item no.: 1246381
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1246350
for: Tuba (E-flat), piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1246346
Finale Act II from the Opera
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 670460
From Aida
for: Flute, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1303056
From Aida
for: Oboe, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1303054
From Aida
for: Alto saxophone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1303036
From Aida
for: Viola, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1303013
for: 4 trumpets [5 cornets]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1220564
from the Opera: Aida
for: Brass quintet
Sheet music
Item no.: 597257
Quattro pezzi sacri Nr. 4
Komplettes Orchestermaterial (kostengünstiger Setpreis)
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 670465
Klavierauszug XL im Großdruck
for: Piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 673073
for: Viola, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305903
for: Double bass, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305898
for: bass clarinet, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305718
incl. Chorus SATB
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 587648
Blasorchester
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 587630
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1249277
for: Horn (F), guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1249258
for: Violin, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1249246
for: Alto trombone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305913
for: Violin, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305905
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1262044
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 266223
F
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1032488
for: Flute, clarinet, bassoon, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1562710
for: Opera
Set of parts
Item no.: 940034
for: Opera
Set of parts
Item no.: 938727
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 848810
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 391475
Oper in einem Vorspiel und 4 Akten
Reclams Textbücher
Lyric book
Item no.: 194687
Totenmesse für vier Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester
zum ersten Jahrestag des Todes von Alessandro Manzoni
Urtextausgabe
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Conductor score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 378813
Va pensiero from Nabucco
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 627631
for: Opera
Set of parts
Item no.: 941046
for: 5 brass winds
Score, Parts
Item no.: 996566
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Item no.: 356624
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 233842
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 366126
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 290478
for: Male choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 283457
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 257590
for: Singstimme (S/A)
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 264429
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 389106
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 257832
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 263482
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