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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

Works page 13 of 52

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
Grande Finale — —— percussionClassical 1
Prelude No 20 (Frederic Chopin) — —— GuitarClassical 1
Prelude No 6 (Frederic Chopin) — —— GuitarClassical 1
Santa Lucia — —— Flexible Instrument— 1
O Sole Mio — —— Flexible Instrument— 1
Un istante almen — —— —Classical 3
Vedi! le fosche — —— —Classical 3
E deggio e posso — —— —Classical 3
Giorni poveri vivea — —— —Classical 3
L'onda de' suoni — —— —Classical 3
Vivra! Contende il giubilo — —— —Classical 3
Prima che d'altri vivere — —— —Classical 3
So che se andiam — —— —Classical 4
Labbra di fuoco! — —— —Classical 4
Prima di tutto — —— —Classical 4
E Sogno? O Realta — —— —Classical 4
Sul Fil D'un Soffio — —— —Classical 1
Dio, che nell' alma — —— —Classical 4
O mia Regina — —— —Classical 4
Arde la palma — —— —Classical 3
Chi all' esca ha morso — —— —Classical 3
Credo con fermo cuor — —— —Classical 3
Testimon e il Solch'io — —— —Classical 3
Dio ti gioeondi, o sposo — —— —Classical 3
E un di sul mio — —— —Classical 3
Prega per chiadorando — —— —Classical 3
Inaffia L'ugola! — —— —Classical 3
Ora E Per Sempre Addio — —— —Classical 3
Quando le sere — —— VoiceClassical 1
Quale un sorriso — —— VoiceClassical 2
Una macchia e qui tuttora! — —— —Classical 2
Through your pride — —— —Classical 3
Oh, tell if my faithful — —— —Classical 3
When my sorrows at last — —— —Classical 3
Do you know that each heartbeat — —— —Classical 3
Look, how at midnight — —— —Classical 3
The fate that bids us stay apart — —— —Classical 3
Nel di della vittoria from MACBETH — —— —Classical 2
Ah, per sempre — —— —Classical 4
Non imprecare — —— —Classical 4
Pace, Pace, Mio Dio — —— VoiceClassical 6
Madre,Pietosa Vergine — —— —Classical 4
Giorno di pianto — —— VoiceClassical 1
Sempre all'alba ed alla sera from GIOVANNA D'ARCO — —— —Classical 1
Come in quest' ora bruna from SIMON BOCCANEGRA — —— —Classical 2
Follie! Follie! Delirio vano — —— PianoClassical 1
Lunga de lei; De' miei bollenti spiriti — —— PianoClassical 1
Non sapete quale affetto — —— PianoClassical 1

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.