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Choral collection Great Opera Choruses - Giuseppe Verdi (choir & piano) â Giuseppe Verdi
choir â choir Book â Opera, singspiel
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901). Edited by Johannes Knecht. Choral collections. Grosse Opernchore - Giuseppe Verdi. Opera, singspiel. Choir Book. 112 pages. Carus Verlag #CV 02.652/00. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.265200).
Price: $41.00
Choeurs Choisis d'Opera: Volume II, GIUSEPPE VERDI â Giuseppe Verdi
Mixed Choir â collection â Opera
Selected Opera Choruses: Volume II, Giuseppe Verdi. Composed by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901). Opera. Collection. Published by Prima Voce Editions (PI.PVE016R).
Price: $29.00
Verdi: Messa Solenne Libera M â Verdi Chorus Milan; Riccardo Chailly; Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan
â listening compact disc â
By Verdi Chorus Milan; Riccardo Chailly; Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan. By Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901). Listening compact disc. Published by Decca (NX.LON467280).
Price: $17.00
Verdi-Festival â Giuseppe Verdi
piano â â Classical
Giuseppe Verdi's most popular melodies. Composed by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901). Edited by Stefan Meid. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Edition Schott. Classical. 48 pages. Schott Music #ED 9378. Published by Schott Music (HL.49008396).
Price: $5.00
Giuseppe Verdi - Verdi Gold â Giuseppe Verdi
Soprano, Piano Accompaniment â Softcover with CD â Classical, Opera
Arias for Soprano Cantolopera series /2 CDs of Full Performances. Composed by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901). Vocal Collection. Classical, Opera. Softcover with CD. 128 pages. Ricordi #R140343. Published by Ricordi (HL.50490195).
Price: $39.00
Verdi arie (tenore) [Verdi Opera Arias for Tenor] â Giuseppe Verdi
Voice â Book and CD â Masterwork; Romantic
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901). Masterworks; Vocal Collection. Carisch Edition. Masterwork; Romantic. Book and CD. 1 pages. Alfred Music #52-MK14408. Published by Alfred Music (AP.52-MK14408).
Price: $16.00
Verdi - Requiem Full Score â Giuseppe Verdi
â Score â
In Full Score. Composed by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901). Full Score, Ensemble, Full Orchestra. Verdi - Requiem. Score. 208 pages. Dover Publications #9780486236827. Published by Dover Publications (HU.9780486236827).
Price: $24.00
Verdi - La Traviata Full Score â Giuseppe Verdi
â Score â
In Full Score. Composed by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901). Full Score, Ensemble, Full Orchestra. Verdi - La Traviata. Score. 432 pages. Dover Publications #9780486263212. Published by Dover Publications (HU.9780486263212).
Price: $40.00
Verdi - Rigoletto Full Score â Giuseppe Verdi
â Score â
In Full Score. Composed by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901). Full Score, Ensemble, Full Orchestra. Verdi - Rigoletto. Score. 448 pages. Dover Publications #9780486269658. Published by Dover Publications (HU.9780486269658).
Price: $42.00
Giuseppe Verdi - Otello â Giuseppe Verdi
Orchestra, Soli SATB Voices, SATB Choir divisi â Score Only â Classical, Opera
Partitura. Composed by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901). Study Score. Classical, Opera. Score Only. Composed 2003. 584 pages. Ricordi #PR1370. Published by Ricordi (HL.50485847).
Price: $59.00
AD MDCCCXIII bequeathed to the humanity two great composers: Richard Wagner (1813â1883) and Giuseppe Verdi (1813â1901).
Wagner, inspired by the Nordic mythology, explored its unfathomable depths, berhymed its verbal messages which inspired his music language, created his own grammar and orthography, compelled them to the public, enriched sound-spaces and emotional horizons, inveigled followers into his aesthetic principles, or paved paths for further developments and discoveries.
Verdi, incited by librettos his publisher and producers provided him, commented works by Victor Hugo (Hernani, Le Roi sâamuse), Alexandre Dumas fils (La Dame aux camĂ©lias). Shakespeare (Macbeth. Othello, Falstaff), Schiller (Louisa Miller, Don Carlos), Garcia Gutierrez (âIl Trovatoreâ), Spanish scribbler Rivas (âLa Forza del destinoâ), adopting the basic patterns of his predecessors Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti: emphasis on the vocal part of the score, simplified accompaniments, perfunctory successions of scenes in the conventional structure.
Haughty, arrogant, foppish, Wagner never conceded any concession to the crowd. Charismatic, sociable, unassuming, Verdi flattered opera-lovers with delightful arias, sometimes lighter than a Neapolitan song (La Donna Ăš mobile, for example), often intense and thrilling (aria of Rigoletto), always seductive and enchanting.
To his extraordinary gift for the once-heard-never-forgotten arias, Verdi joins his acute sense for dramatic graduations which often bring to his works an impressive and gripping emotional dynamics (quartet from the final act of Rigoletto, for example) whose magnetic strength still exerts its huge power over the audiences.
Verdi was born on October 10th, 1813 in the village called Roncole in the province of Parma, occupied by NapolĂ©onâs army. Still in the cot, he had a narrow escape from the Austrian soldiers who massacred the population of the province after NapolĂ©onâs defeat in 1814. His father, owner of the village inn, hid with family in the attic and left the door of the inn ajar. Glutted Austrians returned to their barracks.
Verdi âs first tutor was an organist from the nearby city of Busseto. When he was 19 year-old, he studied privately in Milan composition and conducting. His first opera entitled âOberto, conte di San Bonifacioâ, commissioned by La Scala, was well received in 1839. La Scala commissioned âNabuccoâ, performed in 1842. It was Verdiâs first triumph. He was recognized as a national composer. After âI Lombardi alla prima crociataâ (1843), Verdi offers to the public âErnaniâ (1844), âMacbetbâ (1847), âLouisa Millerâ (1849). Composed in 1851, âRigolettoâ brought him an international fame. âI1 Trovatoreâ (1852) and âLa Traviataâ (1853) brought him commissions from abroad: âLes VĂȘpres siciliennesâ, work inspired by massacre of French in Sicily in 1282 (Paris Opera in 1855), âLa Forza del destinoâ (St. Petersburg Opera in 1862), new version of âMacbethâ (Paris Opera in 1865), âDon Carlosâ (Paris Opera in 1867). IsmaĂŻl Pacha of Egypt commissioned in1871 for the opening of Cairo Opera House âAidaâ. A new triumph but not the last one: âOtelloâ in 1887, then âFalstaffâ in 1893. Verdi was 80 years old!
The comeliness of Verdiâs String Quartet in E-minor, conceived in 1873, unveils some stirring stanzas of his intimate poetry, damped by scenic effects in his operas. Written in 1874 for the first anniversary of Alessandro Manzoniâs death, Verdiâs magnificent Requiem reveals his dramatic poetry freed of theatrical purports, emotionally impelled by deep religious feelings, present also in the instrumental part of the score. The masterful treatment and the importance of the role confided to the orchestra disclose Verdiâs hidden technical abilities.
A very happy fusion of Verdiâs intimate and dramatic poetry with his religious feelings is performed in his swan-song âQuatro pezzi sacriâ composed in 1898 in memoriam Giuseppina Strepponi, his second spouse, deceased in 1897. The Stabat Mater and especially the Te Deum confirm the grandeur and the eternal youth of the 85 year-old genius. Some technical audacity displayed by Verdi in his ultimate masterpiece did not remain unnoticed by composers of our time.
Verdiâs syncretic creative energism attracted numerous imitators, but engendered just a few disciples. The best known, whose works cross sometimes Italian borders, are Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886) and Arrigo Boito (1842â1918). Let us not forget two Latin-American verdists, the Brazilian Carlos Gomes (1836-1896) and Luis Delgadillo from Nicaragua (1887-1961 in Managua). Carlos Gomes witnessed triumphs of his opera âIl Guaranyâ (1870) inspired by the Brazilian romanticistâs JosĂ© de Alencar (1829â1877) novel entitled âO Guaraniâ in La Scala and other Italian, European and South American opera centres. His opera "Foscaâ (fosca means âmienâ in English), composed in 1873 is considered his masterpiece by critics. It is followed by operas âSalvator Rosaâ (1874) and âLo Schiavoâ (1889) â Luis Delgadillo wrote five operas as well as ballets, symphonies, overtures, masses and chamber music works. First, attracted by Verdiâs spirit in his operas, this pupil of Milan Conservatory later introduced folkloric elements in his symphonic works and underwent some influences of Debussy and Schoenberg. Luis Delgadillo is certainly the greatest Central-American composer. â While chronologically closer to the demagogical post-verdist movement called verism, like Luis Delgadillo, the French composer Gustave Charpentier (1860â1956) is aesthetically more verdist in his world-renowned opera âLouiseâ (1900) then continuator of the principles of Jules Massenet (1842-1912) who did influence his means of expression â The great FrenchâGerman pianist EugĂšne dâAlbert (1864â1932), who composed twelve operas, is rather verdist in his most popular work âTieflandâ, despite his efforts to coarsen Wagnerâs scenic formulas.
Partisan of the Italian political and social movement Risorgimento, whose liberal, humanitarian and nationalist actions, propagated mostly by the intellectuals, but supported by bourgeoisie, led to the unification of the country and the establishment of the monarchy with the King Vittorio Emmanuele in 1860, Verdi was elected member of the first Italian parliament in 1861. His social and humanitarian activities lasted till his death. He passed away on 27th January 1901 in Milan in the home for the elderly musicians funded by him and left legacy of his tremendous personal wealth to his needed colleagues.
Contribution by Jean-François Grancher
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Anonymous (not verified)
Mon, 2009-03-23 11:38
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you made a mistake it says in
you made a mistake it says in the paragrapgh that verdi was born on 1913
p.s im 12 years old and im not that retarded
jpgadmin
Mon, 2009-03-23 17:36
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correction
I have corrected Verdi's birth year. Thank you for letting me know about the error.
Anonymous (not verified)
Wed, 2009-06-03 11:23
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you are that retarded
yeah, he definitely wasn't born ON 1913
p.s. I'm 7 years old