“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: 2 cellos, piano
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1621
UMPC Critical Editions
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 774097
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 342927
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 260619
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 775749
Lyric book
Item no.: 318336
Lyric book
Item no.: 318305
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318164
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 302379
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260776
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Book
Item no.: 1317371
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 806105
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 778730
for: Concert Band/Harmonie and 2 Baritones/Euphoniums, 2 Trombones
Score
Item no.: 1208822
from Nabucco
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 759093
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 697500
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 962202
Lyric book
Item no.: 318283
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318178
Dramma in four acts
Opera Vocal Score Series (Ricordi)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 242211
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 259701
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 696865
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 209108
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 189555
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 1010109
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 696408
Lyric book
Item no.: 306845
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 647541
for: Trombone
Music score
Item no.: 807559
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260772
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 328753
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318188
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 184627
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1196993
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 774715
Lyric book
Item no.: 318293
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 185020
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318127
for: Voice (baritone), piano
Piano reduction, 2 CDs
Item no.: 771401
from 'Il Trovatore'
for: 4 brass instruments
Score, Parts
Item no.: 971703
Ed. Critica R. Parker (kritischer Bericht) (Critical Report)
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 260138
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 317693
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 774369
for: Voice (bass), piano
Piano reduction, CD
Item no.: 1012855
Lyric book
Item no.: 318317