“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.
Lyric book
Item no.: 157350
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 743886
for Trombone and Tuba
Book 1
for: Trombone [tuba]
Music score
Item no.: 397726
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 389028
for: Vocal and Piano Reduction
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260610
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 184032
for: Voice (soprano), clarinet, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 776994
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 460118
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 670396
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 774714
From ‘Macbeth’
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Music score
Item no.: 752358
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 215480
Lyric book
Item no.: 385882
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 389023
for: Vocal and Piano Reduction
Piano reduction
Item no.: 191365
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 378819
Lyric book
Item no.: 583311
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392300
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 613841
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (pdf download)
Item no.: 1833
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1548650
for: 4 trumpets [5 cornets]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1277316
for: Trumpet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1824
for: Soprano, Tenor and Piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 181090
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 609786
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389055
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 203099
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1292
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 607194
Klassik
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 334127
for: Zither (6 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 149253
Easy Piano Transcriptions of Favourite Verdi Arias
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 659439
for: Male choir (TTBB), orchestra
Piano reduction (pdf download)
Item no.: 2647
from "Aida"
for: Double bass, piano
Music score
Item no.: 727929
for: Voice, piano
Score
Item no.: 263879
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 746129
for: Vocal and Piano Reduction
Piano reduction
Item no.: 159631
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 260597
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 143368
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260779
for: 4 soloists (SMezTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 661028
Lyric book
Item no.: 610547
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 670140
Pastellzeichnung, 1886
Postcard
Item no.: 331583
Overture
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 737152
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 257568
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389080
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 210614