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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 8 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
La Traviata - Act III: Scene 'Attendo, attendo — —— —Classical 2
Don Carlo - Act V: 'Tu che le vanita conoscesti del mondo' (Elisabeth) — —— —— 3
Don Carlo - Act IV: 'O don fatale' (Eboli) — —— —— 3
Ernani - Act I: 'Ernani! Ernani, involami' (Elvira) — —— —— 2
Macbeth - Act IV: 'Una macchia e qui tutt'ora' (Lady Macbeth) — —— —— 2
Possente, Ftha — —— —Classical 5
Chi mai, fra gli — —— —Classical 5
Pur ti riveggo — —— —Classical 5
Nabucco - Act II: 'Vieni, o Levita!...Tu sul labbro de veggenti' (Zaccaria) — —— —— 2
Stride la vampa (Acuzena) from Il Trovatore — —— Mezzo Soprano VoiceClassical 2
Canzone del salice e Ave Maria di Desdemona from OTELLO — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 2
1. Il tramonto — —— Piano, Organ, VoiceClassical 3
5. Il mistero — —— Piano, Organ, VoiceClassical 3
Odio solo, ed odio atroce from I due Foscari — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 2
Qui sostiamo! from Attila — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 2
Ah! si, ben dite... from Il Corsaro — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 2
O magnanima from La battaglia di Legnano — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 2
La pia materna mano from La battaglia di Legnano — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 2
O inferno! Amelia qui! from Simon Boccanegra — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 2
Sento avvampar nell'anima from Simon Boccanegra — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 2
Fontainebleu! Foret immense/Fontainebleau! Foresta immensa from Don Carlos/Don Carlo — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 2
Franco son io from Giovanna d'Arco — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 2
Alfin questo Corsaro from Il Corsaro — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 2
Se al nuovo di pugnando from La battaglia di Legnano — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 2
Heavenly Aida (Aida) — —— ClarinetClassical 1
Tutto e deserto - Il balen del suo sorriso from IL TROVATORE — —— Voice, HornClassical 3
Menuet (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) — —— GuitarClassical 3
Pastorale (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) — —— GuitarClassical 3
Prelude No 7 (Frederic Chopin) — —— GuitarClassical 2
Romanian Folksong No 2 (Traditional) — —— GuitarClassical 2
Triumphmarsch — —— GuitarClassical 2
Abbietta zingara — —— —Classical 4
Ardir! andiam — —— —Classical 4
Ah! se l'error t'ingombra — —— —Classical 4
Or co' dadi ma fra poco — —— —Classical 4
Squilli, echeggi — —— —Classical 4
Tu vedrai che amore — —— —Classical 4
Mira, di acerbe — —— —Classical 4
Si, la stanchezza — —— —Classical 4
Condotta Ell'era In Ceppi — —— —Classical 4
Ah Che La Morte Ognora — —— —Classical 5
Quand'ero paggio — —— —Classical 5
Io morro ma lieto — —— —Classical 5
O Don Fatale — —— —Classical 2
Tu Che Le Vanita — —— VoiceClassical 2
Dormiro Sol Nel Manto — —— —Classical 6
Io La Vidi — —— —Classical 5
Quando narravi l'esule — —— —Classical 4

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.