Giuseppe Verdi: Messa da Requiem - Sheet music | Carus-Verlag

Giuseppe Verdi Messa da Requiem

Read and write feedback
  • The first critical edition of Verdi's Requiem with complete performance material for sale.
  • The edition is based on the autograph as the primary source and makes accessible one of the most important requiem settings of the 19th century in a modern scholarly edition.
  • In particular, articulation, phrasing and dynamics are often indicated more precisely than in previous, well-known editions. By means of parallel passages, editorial additions attempt to make Verdi's intentions clearer through the judicious use of diacritical markings.
  • A clearly organized disposition of the engraved music makes the full score and vocal score easy to read.
  • Outstanding legibility of the parts.
  • With an excellently playable vocal score by Paul Horn in tried and true quality. As a reasonably-priced alternative, a choral score is also available.
  • With a foreword in three languages and a critical report.

Among Verdi’s many compositions, as a work of sacred music, the Requiem remains unique. It was composed as a musical memorial for the Italian national poet Alessandro Manzoni, deeply admired by Verdi, and was first performed on the first anniversary of his death on 22 May 1874 in Milan Cathedral. The exploration of many extremes places Verdi’s tonal language wholly in the service of a dramatized liturgy.

Thanks to an arrangement by M. Betzner-Brandt (Carus 27.303/50), and for chamber orchestra by J. Linckelmann (Carus 27.308/00), it is possible to perform the work in smaller settings. 




Explore
View
Additional material
  • Purchase additional material as a download product.
  • 1 Requiem (Coro)

    Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine,
    et lux perpetua luceat eis.
    Te decet hymnus Deus in Sion,
    et tibi reddetur votum in Jerusalem.
    exaudi orationem meam,
    ad te omnis caro veniet.
    Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine:
    et lux perpetua luceat eis.

    Kyrie (Soli SSTB)

    Kyrie eleison.
    Christe eleison.
    Kyrie eleison.

    Sequentia

    2 Dies irae (Coro)

    Dies irae, dies illa
    solvet saeclum in favilla:
    teste David cum Sibylla.

    Quantus tremor est futurus,
    quando judex est venturus,

    ...
  • Foreword of the Edition Carus 27.303/03

    Norbert Bolín
    Translation: Elizabeth Robinson)

    In Verdi’s compositional output the Messa da Requiem occupies a special position. For with the exception of the Quattro pezzi sacri (Four sacred pieces), a cycle of vocal compositions to liturgical texts written in the late 1880s and 1890s, Verdi composed no significant church music works, nor did he compose church music with any consistency.

    Two aspirations distinguish the history of the composition of the Requiem setting: the wish to create a composition as a memorial, and the intention of honoring a nationally and artistically important Italian figure. In the first instance Gioacchino Rossini (1792–1868) was the focus of a Messa per Rossini, which is closely related to the Messa da Requiem. Then, however, the Italian national poet Alessandro Manzoni (1785–1873) became the dedicatee of the present work.

    Messa per Rossini

    When Gioacchino Rossini died on 13 November 1868 in Paris at the age of 78, Verdi proposed to his publisher Giulio Ricordi in Milan the idea of a national Requiem composition in memory of the composer. In addition to Verdi himself, a further twelve leading Italian composers

    ...
  • Vorwort der Ausgabe Carus 27.303

    Norbert Bolin

    Im kompositorischen Schaffen Verdis nimmt die Messa da Requiem eine besondere Stellung ein. Denn mit Ausnahme der Quattro pezzi sacri (Vier geistliche Stücke), einem Zyklus von Vokalkompositionen auf liturgische Texte, der in den späten 1880er und 1890er Jahren entstanden ist, hat Verdi keine bedeutenden kirchenmusikalischen Werke geschaffen, geschweige denn mit Kontinuität Kirchenmusik komponiert.

    Die Entstehungsgeschichte der Requiem-Vertonung ist von zwei Aspekten gekennzeichnet: dem Wunsch, eine Komposition mit Memorialfunktion zu schaffen, sowie der Absicht eine national und künstlerisch bedeutsame italienische Persönlichkeit zu ehren. Zunächst war Gioacchino Rossini (1792–1868) Adressat einer Messa per Rossini, die in engem Zusammenhang zur Messa da Requiem steht. Dann wurde aber der italienische Nationaldichter Alessandro Manzoni (1785–1873) zum Widmungsträger des vorliegenden Werkes.

    Messa per Rossini

    Als Gioacchino Rossini am 13. November 1868 in Paris 78-jährig verstarb, unterbreitete Verdi seinem Verleger Giulio Ricordi in Mailand die Idee einer nationalen Requiem-Komposition zum Gedenken

    ...
more
Purchase
full score Carus 27.303/00, ISMN 979-0-007-09742-4 320 pages, paperback
available
99,00 € / copy
full score, clothbound Carus 27.303/01, ISMN 979-0-007-09774-5 320 pages, clothbound
available
138,00 € / copy
vocal score Carus 27.303/03, ISMN 979-0-007-09775-2 132 pages, paperback
available
18,50 € / copy
vocal score, XL in large print Carus 27.303/04, ISMN 979-0-007-18736-1 132 pages, DIN A4
available
31,00 € / copy
choral score Carus 27.303/05, ISMN 979-0-007-13704-5 36 pages, DIN A4, without cover Minimum order quantity: 20 copies
available
from 20 copies 11,60 € / copy
from 40 copies 10,44 € / copy
from 60 copies 9,28 € / copy
study score Carus 27.303/07, ISMN 979-0-007-14140-0 320 pages, paperback
available
52,95 € / copy
set of parts, complete orchestral parts Carus 27.303/19, ISMN 979-0-007-13705-2 23 x 32 cm, without cover
available
496,00 € / copy
  • 1 x set of parts, harmony parts, piccolo, flute 1, flute 2, oboe 1, oboe 2, clarinet 1, clarinet 2, bassoon 1, bassoon 2, bassoon 3, bassoon 4, horn 1, horn 2, horn 3, horn 4, trumpet 1, trumpet 2, trumpet 3, trumpet 4, tromba da lontana, trombone 1, trombone (27.303/09)
    each: 124,00 €
    12 x individual part, violin 1 (27.303/11)
    each: 9,90 €
    10 x individual part, violin 2 (27.303/12)
    each: 9,90 €
    8 x individual part, viola (27.303/13)
    each: 9,90 €
    6 x individual part, violoncello (27.303/14)
    each: 9,90 €
    4 x individual part, double bass (27.303/15)
    each: 9,90 €
Giuseppe Verdi: Messa da Requiem, libretto Carus 40.317/00, ISMN 979-0-007-10458-0 8 pages, DIN A5, without cover Minimum order quantity: 20 copies
available
from 20 copies 1,50 € / copy
from 40 copies 1,35 € / copy
from 60 copies 1,20 € / copy
full score digital (download), pdf file Carus 27.303/00-010-000, ISMN 979-0-007-25647-0 320 pages
available
89,10 € / copy
text (without music) for download, html file, Introductory text, German Carus 27.303/00-310-000
available
25,00 € / copy
text (without music) for download, html file, Introductory text, English Carus 27.303/00-320-000
available
25,00 € / copy
text (without music) for download, html file, Singing text, original Carus 27.303/00-380-000
available
3,00 € / copy
  • Giuseppe Verdi was born in Le Roncole on the 9th October 1813, the son of an innkeeper and small-scale farmer. Although he grew up in poor circumstances his extraordinary musical talent was soon recognized and he received organ lessons, then – assisted by a patron – he entered the Busseto Gymnasium. His benefactor Antoni Barezzi continued to assist him privately after the Milan Conservatoire had refused him admission. Following some years as organist and director of music in Busseto he made his breakthrough in Milan with the premiere of the opera "Nabucco" in 1842. The works which he wrote after 1850 are still among the principal pillars of the opera repertoire. Personal details

Reviews

... this should become the standard edition.
Cliffort Bartlett, Early Music Review, December 2012

In bewährt-solider Weise legt Carus hier Partitur und Klavierauszug von Verdis großem Sakralwerk vor.
Michael F. Runowski, Forum Kirchenmusik, Mai/Juni 2013

Erfreulich ist, dass nicht nur die Partitur, sondern auch der Klavierauszug alle ausdrucksbezogenen Interpretationsanweisungen Verdis enthält, in italienischem Original wie in deutscher Übersetzung.
Gustav Danzinger, Chor aktuell, Dezember 2012

Zusätze des Herausgebers bei Parallelstellen sind behutsam angebracht und kenntlich gemacht. Sowohl Partitur als auch der gut spielbare Klavierauszug sind übersichtlich gestaltet.
Armin Schmid, Toccata, Januar 2013

Der Klavierauszug ist im Vergleich zu früheren Versionen wohltuend lesbar/spielbar gestaltet.
Johannes Ebenbauer, Singende Kirche, Nr. 4/2012

This new edition by Carus-Verlag, edited by Norbert Bolin, is based on the original manuscript as the primary source and makes accessible one of the most important requiem settings of the 19th century in a modern scholarly edition. In particular, articulation, phrasing and dynamics are indicated with consistent precision. Editorial additions, by means of parallel passages, attempt to make Verdi’s intention clearer through the judicious use of diacritical markings. And a clearly organized disposition of the printed music makes the full score and vocal score easy to read.

The publication is made complete by a less expensive alternative in a clear, playable vocal score by Paul Horn, arranged to maintain the same quality as the full orchestra score.
ICB, International Federation for Choral Music, Januar 2013

Reviews on our website can only be submitted by customers with a registered user account. A check whether the rated products were actually purchased does not take place.

No feedback available for this product.

Frequent questions about this work

There are no questions and answers available so far or you were unable to find an answer to your specific question about this work? Then click here and send your specific questions to our Customer Services!