“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 (soprano), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 774854
for: Soprano and Piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 467543
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 774885
for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: Libretto
Lyrics
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for: Bass Trombone, Euphonium
Book
Item no.: 898742
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 902257
for: Double Woodwind Quintet and Double Bass
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1214958
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
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for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 624506
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 378822
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
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for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1534119
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1534091
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 927219
Versions with 4 and 5 acts
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 388580
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 257554
Melodramma in quattro atti / Melodrama in 4 Akten
Reclams Textbücher
Lyric book
Item no.: 385918
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 260573
Overture
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 736201
Lyric book
Item no.: 111556
Lyric book
Item no.: 257733
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 388578
Lyric book
Item no.: 260562
for: Piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 673073
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 233842
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 378811
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1544060
Lyric book
Item no.: 213783
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 134857
Lyric book
Item no.: 111551
Arrangement for chamber orchestra
for: 4 soloists (SMezTB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1008617
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Single edition
Item no.: 1703649
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 359912
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 378816
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 116306
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1713765
from the Opera Don Carlo
for: Mezzo Soprano and Symphonic Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198447
from the Opera La Traviata
for: 2 Sopranos, Tenor, 2 Baritones and Symphonic Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198529
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Music score
Item no.: 772049
Klassik
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1104806
Preludio
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1584799
for: Trombone, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1104819
Oper/Operette
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198378
Bearbeitung für Blechbläserquintett
Kornett Solo mit Begleitung
for: Cornet (B-flat), trumpet (B-flat), horn (F), trombone, tuba [bass trombone] (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 780985
excerpts from Requiem
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 668249
Oper/Operette
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198565
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