“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.
Oper/Operette
for: Concert Band and Soprano Voice
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1104790
for: Baritone Voice and String Ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 998212
from: Aida
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 759658
for: Flexible ensemble (4 voices)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1210532
From ‘Nabucco’
for: Stimme (Bariton)
Music score
Item no.: 752224
Oper/Operette
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198530
from "Rigoletto"
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 724998
from La Forza del Destino
with TTBB choir and Soprano solo ad libitum, available separately
for: Concert band; chorus ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 668519
for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1141162
From ‘I Vespri siciliani’
for: Voice (bass)
Music score
Item no.: 752240
Feuerchor from the Opera Otello
for: Choir and Symphonic Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198386
from the Opera Otello
for: Baritone and Symphonic Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198550
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 770951
Requiem
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 777126
C
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1645935
from the Opera Aida
for: Tenor and Symphonic Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198645
Klassik
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 112053
for: Flute, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 388764
G
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1044152
Lyric book
Item no.: 169064
A 3 Voci Miste E Pf. (Fl. Ad Lib.)
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 257592
Sinfonia
for: 4 trombones (quartet)
Item no.: 1562437
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1560246
Prelude to Act I
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 670464
Oper/Operette
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 141678
for: Opera
Buch
Item no.: 249124
Per Pianoforte
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 257690
Trascrizione Facilitata
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 257688
dall' opera 'Un Ballo in Maschera'
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 957975
dall' opera Ernani
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 958992
Ouverture
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 958232
Mitropa Classics
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 958667
Opera in 4 Acts
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 606339
Quattro pezzi sacri Nr. 2
Arrangement für Chor und Orgel
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 615769
for: Clarinet Duet
Score
Item no.: 260233
Ricordi Critical Editions
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260137
Oper/Operette
for: Libretto
Lyrics
Item no.: 258997
Tragedia lirica in tre atti
Lyric book
Item no.: 258988
aus "Die Macht des Schicksals" (Akt II) Arie der Leonore
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score
Item no.: 264497
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 499488
Oper/Operette
for: Vocal and Piano Reduction
Piano reduction
Item no.: 149629
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1220567
for: 5 clarinets (quintet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1220566
Eingangschor, aus: Giovanna d'Arco
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB), Tuba, Klavier
Score
Item no.: 1338476
for: Piccolo, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1249062
Piano Vocal Score and CD with instrumental and vocal versions
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Score, CD
Item no.: 328844
für Gesang und Klavier
Deutsch / Italienisch
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Item no.: 378808
Piano Vocal Score and 2 CDs with instrumental and vocal versions
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Buch + CD
Item no.: 623612