“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, piano
Music score
Item no.: 389097
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 378815
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 371933
for: 4 flutes (quartet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 269196
Lyric book
Item no.: 300076
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Score, CD
Item no.: 328843
Klavierauszug
Deutsch / Italienisch (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 359495
for: Cello Octet
Buch
Item no.: 1703448
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 466388
for: Flöte (Piccoloflöte), Oboe, Klarinette, Fagott, Horn
Set of parts
Item no.: 358081
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 457132
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 604822
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 257700
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 608106
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 136172
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 257484
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score
Item no.: 427911
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 121244
aus der Oper "La Traviata"
Edition Maulwurf
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello, double bass (nonet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1677565
Oper/Operette
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1098881
Oper/Operette
for: SSSAAB
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 906846
for: Clarinet, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1561438
Willowsong from the Opera Otello
for: Soprano and Symphonic Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198616
aus der Oper "Der Troubadour"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [piano]
Choir score
Item no.: 327027
aus der Oper "Nabucco"
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 326513
from the Opera La Traviata
for: Soprano and Symphonic Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198387
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1052405
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 998014
"Fern der Heimat/Teure Heimat“
aus der Oper "Nabucco“
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 301953
Oper in 5 Akten
Reclams Textbücher
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 385929
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 998373
für Streichquartett und Kontrabass ad libitum
Der Musikalische Salon Vol. 69
for: 2 violins, viola, cello/double bass
Score, Parts
Item no.: 555400
From Aida
for: Tenor saxophone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1303034
From Aida
for: Bass trombone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1303020
From Aida
for: Tuba, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1303017
From Aida
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1303010
for: Bass recorder, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1246379
for: Alto saxophone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1246376
for: Alto trombone, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1246363
für Frauenchor und klavier
Chorpartitur
for: CHORMUSIK FRAUEN- + KINDERCHOR MIT BEGLEITUNG WELTLICH EINZELN
Choir score
Item no.: 613753
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 615230
12 opera choruses for choir and piano.
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir book
Item no.: 610850
from Otello
for: Euphonium, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1307611
for: Viola, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1312116
for: Flute, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305943
for: Bassoon, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305936
for: Tenor recorder, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305930
for: Bass recorder, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305928