“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.: 318296
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318187
from Nabucco
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 732067
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 159415
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 778231
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 870168
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 774016
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 866348
Lyric book
Item no.: 318309
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260149
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 778237
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 645854
for: Clarinet, piano
Music score
Item no.: 769580
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 774110
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 777576
for: Trumpet
Music score
Item no.: 807142
from Nabucco
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722288
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Book
Item no.: 312716
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 774391
from Nabucco
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 759041
Lyric book
Item no.: 306841
Piano Vocal Score and 2 CDs with instrumental and vocal versions
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Piano reduction, 2 CDs
Item no.: 771698
Partitura + Commento Critico Inglese
for: Opera
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 275611
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 870160
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 882049
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318180
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 746368
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 869160
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 962234
for: Trumpet, piano
Music score
Item no.: 771375
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318171
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 667336
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260586
für Solokornett/Trompete und Blechbläserquintett
for: Cornet [trumpet] (B-flat) (solo), brass quintet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1688153
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1639434
From Rigoletto
for: Concert Band and Tenor Voice
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1104792
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, bass trombone
Score, Parts
Item no.: 778684
aus der Oper "Der Troubadour"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [piano]
Choir score
Item no.: 1659343
Essential Elements European Band Series
Yamaha BläserKlasse
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score, Single part, Playback-CD
Item no.: 687936
Commento Critico
UMPC Critical Editions
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 696409
8 Trascrizioni Per Organo Di Autori D'Epoca
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 998114
for: 5 brass winds
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1559965
for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 344864
Oper in 4 Akten
Reclams Textbücher
Lyric book
Item no.: 385892
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1633867