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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 23 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
Au sein de la puissance — —— —Classical 1
C'est mon jour supreme — —— —Classical 1
La Traviata - Act III: 'Addio, del passato' Performed by Giuseppe Verde — —— —— 1
La Traviata - Act II: 'De' miei bollenti spiriti' Performed by Giuseppe Verde — —— —— 1
Il Trovatore - Act II: 'Il balen del suo sorriso' Performed by Giuseppe Verde — —— —— 1
Un Ballo in Maschera - Act I: 'Alla vita che t'arride' Performed by Giuseppe Verde — —— —— —
Un Ballo in Maschera - Act III: 'Alzati! — —— —— —
Ernani - Act I: 'Infelice! E tuo credevi' Performed by Giuseppe Verde — —— —Classical 1
Don Carlo - Act IV: 'Ella giammai mamo' Performed by Giuseppe Verde — —— —— —
Ernani - Act I : ' — —— —Classical —
Macbeth - Act II : 'Studia il passo — —— —Classical —
Macbeth - Act II : ' — —— —Classical —
Rigoletto - Act II: 'Tutte le feste al tempio' Performed by Giuseppe Verde — —— —Classical —
Un Ballo in Maschera - Act I: 'Volta la terrea' Performed by Giuseppe Verde — —— —Classical —
Un Ballo in Maschera - Act III: 'Saper vorreste' Performed by Giuseppe Verde — —— —Classical —
La Forza del Destino - Act III: 'La vita e inferno — —— —Classical —
La Forza del Destino - Act III: '...Oh, tu che in seno agl'angeli' Performed by Giuseppe Verde — —— —Classical 1
Aida - Act I: '...Celeste Aida' Performed by Giuseppe Verde — —— —Classical 1
Attila - Act I: 'Mentre gonfiarsi l'anima' Performed by Giuseppe Verde — —— —Classical —
Attila - Act I: 'Or son liberi I miei sensi!...Oltre quel limite t'attendo' Performed by Giuseppe Verde — —— —Classical —
I Vespri Siciliani - Act II: 'O patria, o caro patria...O tu, Palermo' Performed by Giuseppe Verde — —— —Classical —
Un Ballo in Maschera - Act II : '...Ma dall'arido stelo divulsa' Performed by Giuseppe Verde — —— —— —
Di Quella Pira Performed by Giuseppe Verdi — —— PianoClassical —
Questa O Quella Performed by Giuseppe Verdi — —— PianoClassical —
Rigoletto and La Traviata — —— —— —
March Performed by Giuseppe Verdi — —— Flute, violin, Clarinet, RecorderClassical —
Canzone del velo — —— —Classical —
Caro nome - Rigoletto Performed by Giuseppe Verdi — —— —— —
Dance Of The Priestesses Performed by Giuseppe Verdi — —— PianoClassical —
Va, pensiero from Nabucco — —— —— —
Chorus Of The Hebrew Slaves: Va, Pensiero Performed by Giuseppe Verdi — —— —— —
Sempre Libera Performed by Giuseppe Verdi — —— PianoClassical, pop 0
Gefangenenchor Va, pensiero — —— —— —
Requiem Dies irae Performed by Giuseppe Verdi — —— —— —
Caro Nome from Rigoletto — —— —— —
Aida, Act I, Part 1 - Scene I: Si: corre voce — —— VoiceClassical 1
Aida, Act I, Part 1 - Celeste Aida — —— VoiceClassical 1
Aida, Act I, Part 1 - Dessa! — —— VoiceClassical 1
Aida, Act I, Part 1 - Il sacro suolo — —— VoiceClassical 1
Aida, Act I, Part 1 - Su! del cor prorompa — —— VoiceClassical 1
Aida, Act I, Part 2 - L'insana parola — —— VoiceClassical 1
Aida, Act I, Part 2 - Dance of Priestesses — —— VoiceClassical 1
Aida, Act I, Part 2 - Nume, custode e vindice — —— VoiceClassical 1
Aida, Act II, Part 1 - Dance of the Little Moorish Slaves — —— VoiceClassical 1
Aida, Act II, Part 1 - Amore, amore, gaudio tormentoso — —— VoiceClassical 1
Aida, Act II, Part 1 - Ah! Pieta ti prenda del mio dolor — —— VoiceClassical 1
Aida, Act II, Part 1 - Egyptian March — —— VoiceClassical 1
Aida, Act II, Part 1 - Ballabile Performed by Giuseppe Verdi — —— VoiceClassical 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.