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Composer

Gioachino Rossini

1792–1868

968 works in the index

Born
1792
Died
1868
Birthplace
Pesaro
Citizenship / historical state
Kingdom of Italy
Period (estimated from birth year)
Romantic

Biography

Rossini wrote thirty-nine operas by the age of thirty-seven, stopped, and spent the next four decades writing very little. The catalogue is opera, the overtures, the sacred works, and the late piano miniatures he called his Sins of Old Age.

For singers the coloratura arias are the draw and they are the most technically exposed writing in the standard repertoire — the ornamentation is the piece, not decoration on it. Editions differ on how much of it they print, because some of it was traditionally improvised, and a scholarly edition may give you a plainer line than the recording you learned from.

The overtures — The Barber of Seville, William Tell, The Thieving Magpie — are the most-arranged orchestral music in this index and exist for every ensemble at every grade.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments
Piano, Voice, Orchestra, Choir, Cello
Genres represented
Classical, Pop, Children, pop
Works with composition dates
30 of 968

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

Works page 1 of 21

Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.

Works and available sheet music details
WorkYear composedCatalogue / opusKey in titleListed instrumentsGenreEditions
Guillaume Tell, Overture 1824-29IMSLP —— Piano, Organ, Cello, Flute, Oboe, violin, Voice, Bassoon, Double Bass, Horn, Clarinet, Trombone, Trumpet, RecordeClassical, Pop, Children 240
Il barbiere de Siviglia: Atto I, Scena II. No. 2 Cavatina "Largo al factotum" (Figaro) 1816IMSLP —— Piano, Flute, Oboe, Voice, Bassoon, Orchestra, Horn, Clarinet, Trombone, Trumpet, Tuba, SaxophoneClassical 92
La Cenerentola, ossia La bontà in trionfo 1817 at latestIMSLP —— Piano, Cello, Flute, Oboe, violin, Bassoon, Double Bass, Horn, Clarinet, Trombone, Trumpet, percussionClassical 43
Petite Messe Solennelle 1863Wikidata —— Piano, Voice, bass, Tenor, Choir, Alto— 6
La Gazza Ladra 1817Wikidata —— Piano, Cello, Flute, Horn, Trombone, Tuba, PiccoloClassical 41
Semiramide Overture — —— Piano, Cello, Flute, Oboe, violin, Voice, Bassoon, Orchestra, Double Bass, Horn, Clarinet, Trombone, Trumpet, perClassical 31
L'italiana in Algeri: Sinfonia — —— Piano, Cello, Flute, Oboe, violin, Voice, Bassoon, Double Bass, Horn, Clarinet, Trombone, Trumpet, percussionClassical 27
Rossini: Soirées Musicales, Volume I (Italian/French) — —— Voice— 16
7. La Gita in gondola (Barcarola) — —— VoiceClassical 9
Il barbiere de Siviglia: Atto I, Scena V. No. 5 "Una voce poco fa" (Rosina) — —— Piano, Voice, SaxophoneClassical, Pop 6
The Barber of Seville Overture — —— Piano, Cello, Flute, Oboe, violin, Bassoon, Double Bass, Horn, Clarinet, Trombone, Trumpet, percussionClassical 9
A un dottor (Rossini-Barber of Seville) 1813IMSLP —— VoiceClassical 15
The Barber of Seville [Arranged by Mitchell S. Bender] — —— Piano, Flute, Oboe, Bassoon, Horn, Clarinet, Trombone, Tuba, percussion, Euphonium, Tenor SaxophoneClassical 11
2. Il Rimprovero (Canzonetta) — —— VoiceClassical 9
Barber Of Seville — —— Horn— 12
Overture to The Barber of Sevilla — —— —Classical 8
8. La Danza (Tarantella napoletana) — —— Piano, Organ, Voice, AccordionClassical 11
Overture (Barber Of S.) — —— Piano, Harp, Cello, Orchestra, Timpani, percussionClassical 13
Il vecchiotto (Rossini-Barber of Seville) — —— VoiceClassical 12
Largo Al Factotum — —— Voice, Bassoon, SaxophoneClassical 11
Contro un cor (Rossini-Barber of Seville) — —— VoiceClassical 13
Buona sera, mio signore (Rossini-Barber of Seville) — —— VoiceClassical 12
Barber of Seville Overture - Tuba 2 — —— —— 9
La calunnia, — —— —— 8
Ecco ridente in cielo (Rossini-Barber of Seville) — —— VoiceClassical 11
Semiramide — —— Orchestra, Horn, PiccoloClassical 8
La Scala di seta 1812IMSLP —— Oboe, Voice, PiccoloClassical 8
Theme — —— ClarinetClassical 5
Overture "Semiramis" 1824-29IMSLP —— ClarinetClassical 9
L'invito — —— VoiceClassical 6
Un larme - A-Dur/A major — —— —Classical 9
Rossini: Soirées Musicales, Volume II (Italian/French) — —— Voice— 8
Variations for Clarinet and Small Orchestra in C major 1809IMSLP —C major —Classical 7
Tancredi - Act I: 'Di tanti palpiti' (Tancredi) — —— —Classical 7
La calunnia (Rossini-Barber of Seville) — —— VoiceClassical 10
Contenta Quest' Alma — —— —— 7
Dall'oriente - A-Dur/A major — —— ChoirClassical 7
Extremes — —— PianoClassical 8
Up the Hills — —— violin— 7
Aria from 'The Barber of Seville' — —— Piano, Saxophone— 7
Il Turco in Italia 1813-14IMSLP —— Horn, TubaClassical 5
Lord! Vouchsafe Thy Loving Kindness — —— Piano, Voice— 6
Rossini: Piano Works, Volume II — —— Piano— 7
Duet in D for Cello and Bass 1824IMSLP —— —Classical 6
Journey to Reims 1825IMSLP —— —Classical 6
Frag' ich mein beklomm'nes Herz — —— Piano— 7
Bel raggio lusinghier — —— —— 6
Pro Peccatis — —— ChoirClassical 8

Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. The biography above is our own. Authority record: VIAF 34644407. Portrait: Étienne Carjat, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.