Composer

Giuseppe Verdi

1813–1901

2,449 works in the index

Born: 1813
Died: 1901
Birthplace: Le Roncole
Citizenship / historical state: Kingdom of Italy
Period (estimated from birth year): Romantic

Biography

Verdi wrote for the voice above everything else, and his catalogue is dominated by opera — twenty-eight of them, plus the Requiem, which is an opera in all but name and staging.

Singers meet him through the aria anthologies rather than the full scores, and that is the right way in: a vocal score of Rigoletto is several hundred pages of which you may want four. The standard collections are published by voice type, and Verdi is unusually demanding about which — a role written for a spinto soprano does not suit a light lyric voice, whatever the notes look like on the page.

For everyone else there are the choruses, which choirs sing constantly and which are published as individual octavos. The one from Nabucco is effectively Italy's second national anthem and is available in more arrangements than any other chorus in the repertoire.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments: Voice, Piano, Orchestra, Choir, Organ
Genres represented: Classical, pop, Pop, Folk, Children
Works with composition dates: 41 of 2,449

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

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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
Work	Year composed	Catalogue / opus	Key in title	Listed instruments	Genre	Editions
Rigoletto: Atto III. "La donna è mobile" (Duca)	—	—	—	Piano, Flute, Oboe, violin, Voice, bass, Double Bass, Tenor, Horn, Clarinet, Tuba, Alto, Saxophone, Harmonica, Vio	New Age, Classical, Pop	173
La traviata: Act I. "Sempre libera"	—	—	—	Piano, Cello, Flute, violin, Voice, Orchestra, Viola	Classical	111
Messa da requiem: IIa. Dies irae: Dies irae	1874, rev.1875IMSLP	—	—	Piano, Guitar, Voice, Choir, Clarinet	Classical	68
Il trovatore: Act II, Scene I. "Vedi! Le fosche notturne"	1852-53IMSLP	—	—	Piano, Organ, Flute, Oboe, violin, Voice, Vocal, Orchestra, Choir, Clarinet, Keyboard, Recorder, Piccolo, Accordi	Classical, Pop	76
Nabucco: Atto III. "Va, pensiero" (Coro)	1841IMSLP	—	—	Piano, Choir, Recorder	Classical, Pop	68
La forza del destino: Overture	—	—	—	Piano, Voice, Tuba, Euphonium	Classical	69
Aida	1870–71Wikidata	—	—	Piano, Oboe, Orchestra, Tuba	Classical	10
Celeste Aida	—	—	—	Piano, Voice, Vocal	Classical	30
Caro Nome che il mio cor (Held within my inmost heart)	—	—	—	Piano, Guitar, Cello, violin, Voice, bass, Vocal, Orchestra, Viola	Classical	40
Ballet Music from A	—	—	—	—	Classical	29
Aida: Atto Secondo, Scena Prima: Gran Finale II: "Gloria all'Egitto, ad Iside" (Popolo, Sacerdoti)	—	—	—	Piano, Organ, Horn	Classical	22
Brindisi (I Versione) (Giuseppe Verdi)	—	—	—	Piano, Voice, Orchestra, Tenor	Classical	22
La traviata: Act I. "Libiamo, ne' lieti calici"	1853, revised 1854, 1864IMSLP	—	—	Piano, Organ, Cello, violin, bass, Orchestra, Choir, Clarinet, Timpani, Accordion, Viola	Classical	28
Grand March (Aida)	—	—	—	Piano, Organ, violin, Choir	Classical	26
Triumphal March (From Aida)	—	—	—	Piano, Horn, Trombone, Trumpet, Tuba, Flexible Instrument	Classical	16
Addio del passato	—	—	—	Piano, Oboe, violin, Voice, Recorder, Piccolo	Classical	14
Di Provenza Il Mar Il Suol	—	—	—	Piano, Voice	Classical	13
Sempre Libera (Traviata)	—	—	—	Piano, Voice	Classical	15
Libiamo (Brindisi)	—	—	—	Piano, Voice	Classical	13
Va pensiero	—	—	—	Piano, Saxophone	Classical	16
Quartetto in E minor	1873IMSLP	—	E minor	Cello, String Quartet	Classical	13
1. Ave Maria	—	—	—	Piano, Choir	Classical	10
4. Te Deum	—	—	—	Piano, Choir, Voice Tenor	Classical	11
O Skies Cerulean(O Cieli Azzurri) Verdi	—	—	—	Voice	Classical	14
Di quella Pira from the opera Il Trovatore (The Troubadour) in C major	—	—	C major	Piano, Cello, Flute, Oboe, violin, Bassoon, Tenor, Clarinet, Trombone, Trumpet, Viola	Classical	—
Un ballo in maschera: Atto I. "Volta la terrea" (Oscar)	—	—	—	Piano, Voice	Classical	13
Confutatis	—	—	—	Voice, Choir	Classical	7
Si ridesta (Verdi-Traviata)	—	—	—	Voice	Classical	14
E Piquillo (Verdi-Traviata)	—	—	—	Voice	Classical	14
Dance Of The Priestesses (Aida)	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	10
Force Of Destiny	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	10
6. Brindisi	—	—	—	Piano, Organ, violin, Voice, Clarinet	Classical	10
I vespri siciliani: Sinfonia	—	—	—	Piano, Clarinet	Classical	11
Di quella pira from IL TROVATORE	—	—	—	Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal, Tenor	Classical	12
Dell'invito trascorsa (Verdi-Traviata)	—	—	—	Voice	Classical	13
Largo al quadrupede (Verdi-Traviata)	—	—	—	Voice	Classical	13
Un ballo in maschera: Atto III. "Saper vorreste di che si veste" (Oscar)	—	—	—	Piano, Voice	Classical	11
La Forza del Destino	1862, revised 1868-69Wikidata	—	—	Flute, Trombone	Classical	16
La donna	—	—	—	—	Classical	5
Di sprezzo degno (Verdi-Traviata)	—	—	—	Voice	Classical	12
6bis. Brindisi (2nd version)	—	—	—	Piano, Organ, Voice	Classical	9
Quartet	1873IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	8
Il Trovatore: Act I, Scene II. "Tacea la notte"	—	—	—	Piano, Voice	Classical	12
Ingemisco	—	—	—	Voice, Choir	Classical	9
Ah, Fors 'e Lui che l'anima (Is he the one?)	—	—	—	—	Classical	12
Di Quella Pira	—	—	—	Piano, Voice	Classical, pop	8
Libiamo, libiamo ne'	—	—	—	—	Classical	10
Caro Nome	—	—	—	Piano, violin, Voice	Classical	5

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 22329110. Portrait: Ferdinand Mulnier, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.