“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.
Camilleri
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 949959
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 769584
for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1090743
Scene and Cavatina
for: Concert Band and Vocal Soloist
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1009727
Selection
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1070206
La Traviata
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1068695
for: Concert Band and Vocal Soloist
Score
Item no.: 1063400
for: Concert Band and Vocal Soloist
Score
Item no.: 1062883
for: Concert Band and Vocal Soloist
Score
Item no.: 1013487
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1065138
from the opera "Il trovatore"
for: Voice (baritone/alto), piano
Music score
Item no.: 731246
for: Male Choir (ttbb/ttb/tb)
Item no.: 1707745
for: Voice, piano
Score
Item no.: 853721
for: Choir
Choir part Tenor 1
Item no.: 308435
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 308370
for: Choir
Choir part Tenor 1
Item no.: 308437
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 257531
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 916172
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 264518
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1356337
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 327308
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 681513
for: Male choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 307923
for: Choir, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1562680
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1648232
for: 4 soloists (SMezTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 683676
for: 4 soloists (SMezTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 683673
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1211862
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 670423
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1331424
(From Nabucco)
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1132503
Dell?Opera I Due Foscari Del M° Verdi
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1215161
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Bass Voice
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 915303
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1105112
Oper/Operette
for: Trombone Baritone
Book
Item no.: 880583
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1105005
for: Opera
Buch
Item no.: 249509
Petit Duc
for: Accordion
Item no.: 347018
für Frauenchor mit Klavierbegleitung
Klavierpartitur
Piano score
Item no.: 1610481
for: 5 brass winds
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1327670
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 647532
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 329316
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 314373
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 295402
Ballet Music
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1067407