“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.
UMPC Critical Editions – Practical Series
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 775383
BOVACO Vocal Solo
for: Voice, concert band
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1021466
Your Favorite Classics
for: Brass band
Score
Item no.: 872318
Oper/Operette
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1207059
for: Concert Band and Vocal Soloist
Score
Item no.: 1063862
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1105110
Dell?Opera Il Ballo In Maschera Di G. Verdi
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1215187
Selection
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1064537
for: Tenor Voice and String Orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1215238
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 908127
for: Woodwind ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 977702
for: Blechbläserquartett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1132493
Condensed Score
for: Marching band
Score
Item no.: 927283
(From Nabucco)
for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1132483
for: Concert Band and Vocal Soloist
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1066400
for: Concert Band and Vocal Soloist
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1009937
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1069563
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1061816
for: Concert Band and Vocal Soloist
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1069296
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 622709
Un giorno di regno
Lyric book
Item no.: 258889
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 257567
Oper/Operette
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 257503
for: Male choir, piano
Item no.: 331269
Tucker
Lyric book
Item no.: 263607
Oper/Operette
for: Libretto
Lyrics
Item no.: 260569
for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 461033
for: Harmonium [organ manuals]
Item no.: 470457
Per Soprano E Pianoforte
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 389096
Ouvertüre
for: Salon orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 283608
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1215259
Quattro pezzi sacri Nr. 2
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 670422
Urtext
Die erste kritische Edition von Verdis Requiem mit komplett käuflichem Aufführungsmaterial.
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 670138
for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 830239
for: Double bass
Item no.: 457260
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1014310
for: Opera
Study score
Item no.: 170024
aus der Oper "Nabuccodonosor"
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3
Item no.: 1629052
for: Choir, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1560531
Single part Mandola
Item no.: 277261
Soprano
for: Voice (soprano)
Music score
Item no.: 796116
Dall?Opera Rigoletto Di G. Verdi
for: 2 Clarinets and Piano
Buch
Item no.: 1215105
aus der Oper "Nabuccodonosor", für gem. Chor u. Orchester (Klavier)
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 307830
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392305
G. Schirmer's Collection of Opera Librettos
Lyric book
Item no.: 318290
English version by Edward J. Dent
Lyric book
Item no.: 306845
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