“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.
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1062113
for: Concert Band and Vocal Soloist
Score, Parts
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for: Concert Band and Vocal Soloist
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1066434
BOVACO Vocal Solo
for: Voice, concert band
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1010580
for: Opera
Piano reduction
Item no.: 940326
for: Concert Band and Vocal Soloist
Score
Item no.: 1017905
for: Concert Band and Vocal Soloist
Score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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for: Concert Band and Vocal Soloist
Score
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for: Voice, concert band
Score
Item no.: 1061650
for: Concert band
Score
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Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 259901
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 770490
for: Soprano Voice, Soprano Voice
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 257886
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 1185746
for: SOPRAN 2
Stimmen-Set (Frauenchor)
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for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 308372
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
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Popular melodies
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 723769
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
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for: Choral
Choir score
Item no.: 836444
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 112343
for: Voice
Piano reduction
Item no.: 903095
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1659110
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1211985
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 670421
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
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for: Opera
Buch
Item no.: 249125
for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1139823
(from I Lombardi)
for: Blechbläserquartett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1132386
for: Baritone Voice and String Orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1215237
Klassik
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1591008
The Great Classics
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1211249
for: Piano
Music score
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for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1139032
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Voice (soprano)
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 916050
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1105004
for: Cello
Item no.: 457259
Choir part Bass
Item no.: 105694
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 247817
for: Flute, piano
Book
Item no.: 842889
BOVACO Classic CB
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1021315
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 936579
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1010325
BOVACO Vocal Solo and Classic CB
for: Voice, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1021340