Ernani (Verdi, Giuseppe)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 acts
Composition Year 1844
Genre Categories Lyric dramas; Theatrical Works; Operas; Lyric operas; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Italian language; For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For female chorus, piano (arr); Scores featuring female chorus (arr); For chorus with keyboard (arr); For flute, guitar (arr); Scores featuring the flute (arr); Scores featuring the guitar (arr); For 2 players (arr); For guitar (arr); For bass clarinet, piano (arr); Scores featuring the bass clarinet (arr)

Contents

Performances

Sheet Music

Full Scores

Complete

 Complete Score
#517027 - 46.85MB, 493 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 437×⇩ - Music Addict

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 Part I
#134632 - 21.60MB, 224 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 7758×⇩ - Daphnis

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Daphnis (2011/10/9)

 Parts II-IV
#134633 - 25.89MB, 269 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4454×⇩ - Daphnis

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Daphnis (2011/10/9)

Language Italian
Publisher. Info. Milan: G. Ricordi & Co., n.d.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933-70).Catalog A 2344.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes "Part" synonymous with Act
600dpi
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Selections

 Recitative: D'Ernani i fidi chiedono
Aria: Odi il voto, o grand Iddio
#742613 - 44.46MB, 48 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 14×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2021/11/3)

Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, 1844.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Intended to replace the final portion of the duet for Ernani and Silva (Act II, No.9).
Dedicated to Nicola Ivanoff (1810-1880).
This file is part of the Submission Project.
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Parts

 Flute 1/2 (also Piccolo)
#694169 - 4.36MB, 75 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 56×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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⇒ 16 more: Oboe 1/2 • Clarinet 1/2 (C) • Bass Clarinet (B♭) • Bassoon 1/2 • Horn 1/2 (C) • Horn 3/4 (C) • Trumpet 1/2 (C) • Trombone 1/2 • Trombone 3/Ophicleide (Tuba) • Timpani • Bass Drum/Cymbals, (also Snare Drum) • Harp • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos/Basses

 Oboe 1/2
#694170 - 4.01MB, 66 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 46×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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 Clarinet 1/2 (C)
#694171 - 4.42MB, 74 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 48×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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 Bass Clarinet (B♭)
#694172 - 0.10MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 52×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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 Bassoon 1/2
#694173 - 3.87MB, 72 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 43×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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 Horn 1/2 (C)
#694174 - 3.43MB, 63 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 45×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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 Horn 3/4 (C)
#694175 - 3.02MB, 53 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 40×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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 Trumpet 1/2 (C)
#694176 - 3.19MB, 57 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 46×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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 Trombone 1/2
#694177 - 2.73MB, 50 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 45×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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 Trombone 3/Ophicleide (Tuba)
#694178 - 2.68MB, 48 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 46×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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 Timpani
#694179 - 1.05MB, 24 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 40×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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 Bass Drum/Cymbals, (also Snare Drum)
#694180 - 0.72MB, 16 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 38×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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 Harp
#694181 - 0.46MB, 7 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 44×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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 Violins I
#694182 - 3.77MB, 62 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 56×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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 Violins II
#694183 - 2.94MB, 62 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 43×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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 Violas
#694184 - 2.69MB, 60 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 43×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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 Cellos/Basses
#694185 - 3.38MB, 70 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 46×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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Publisher. Info. Milan: Ricordi, n.d.
Reprinted Boca Raton: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(1987-2018). Catalog A2344.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes The "Offstage Band" is written in as an upper divisi where appropriate. Then Snare Drum in Act I:1 and the Trumpet ditty in Act III:12, are combined in their respective instruments as individual parts, respectively.
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Vocal Scores

Complete

 Complete Score
#30539 - 9.99MB, 297 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 15510×⇩ - Perlnerd666

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Perlnerd666 (2009/4/19)

Language Italian
Publisher. Info. Milan: Ricordi, n.d.
Copyright
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 Complete Score
#162132 - 14.48MB, 227 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3154×⇩ - Massenetique

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Massenetique (2011/12/8)

Editor Berthold Tours (1838-1897)
Language Italian / English
Translator Natalia Macfarren (1827-1916), English text
Publisher. Info. London: Novello, Ewer & Co., n.d.(ca.1890). Plate 8063.
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Selections

 Act I: Cavatina, "Ernani involami"
#131179 - 0.68MB, 11 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3433×⇩ - Massenetique

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Massenetique (2011/9/30)

Language Italian / English
Publisher. Info. Artists' Vocal Album
Boston: White, Smith & Co., 1887. Plate 3060-11.
Copyright
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 Le proscrit, ou, Le corsaire de Venise
#279778 - 27.18MB, 262 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 299×⇩ - Carolus

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Carolus (2013/5/4)

Language French
Translator Marie-Pierre-Yves Escudier (1819-1880) and Léon Escudier (1821-1881), French text
Publisher. Info. Paris: Bureau Central de Musique, n.d.(ca.1845). Plate B.C.
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 Cavatina: 'Come rugiada al cespide'
#666734 - 2.24MB, 9 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 11×⇩ - Lucas-coelho

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Lucas-coelho (2020/12/29)

Arranger Antonio Tornaghi (fl.1841-1870), piano reduction
Publisher. Info. O Brasil Musical, No.146
Rio de Janeiro: Filippone & Cia., n.d. Plate 629.
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 Scena e Cavatina: Ernani... Ernani involami
#667290 - 6.48MB, 17 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 15×⇩ - Lucas-coelho

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Lucas-coelho (2021/1/1)

Publisher. Info. O Brasil Musical, No.84
Rio de Janeiro: Filippone & Cia., n.d. Plate 300.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Includes a flute part (alternative for voice), published with plate number 129.
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 Aria: Lo vedremo, o voglio audace
#669007 - 2.67MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 9×⇩ - Lucas-coelho

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Lucas-coelho (2021/1/10)

Publisher. Info. O Brasil Musical, No.170
Rio de Janeiro: Filippone & Cia., n.d. Plate 756.
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 Scena e Cavatina: Infelice! E tuo credevi
#693750 - 4.06MB, 14 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 16×⇩ - PMac

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PMac (2021/4/21)

Language Italian, Polish
Publisher. Info. Warszawa: Gebethner and Wolff, n.d.(ca.1893). Plate G 1518 W.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Complete

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For Piano (Composer)

 Complete Score
#92071 - 10.26MB, 115 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1641×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Fynnjamin (2011/2/5)

Publisher. Info. Paris: Bureau Central de la Musique, n.d.(ca.1845). Plate B.C. 811.
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For Piano (Toledo)

 Complete Score
#276013 - 3.49MB, 148 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 399×⇩ - Caprotti

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Caprotti (2013/4/5)

Arranger Nicolás Toledo (d.1881)
Publisher. Info. Madrid: Nueva biblioteca musical de N. Toledo, n.d.
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Selections

For Flute and Piano (Jansa)
See: Der junge Opernfreund, Op.61, by Leopold Jansa (No.25)
For Cornet and Piano (Arban)
See: 14 Fantaisies sur les opéras de Verdi by Jean-Baptiste Arban (No.3)
For Violin and Piano (Alard)
See: Fantaisie sur 'Ernani', Op.54, by Jean Delphin Alard
For Violin and Piano (Herman and Ketterer)
See: Duos concertants sur les opéras de Verdi (No.6)
For Cello and Piano (Lee)
See: Transcriptions of Verdi Operas, Op.98, by Sebastian Lee (No.7)
For Piano (Liszt)
See: Paraphrase de concert sur Ernani II, S.432, by Franz Liszt


Coro d'introduzione (Act I, No.1)

For Female Chorus and Piano (Mathews)

 Complete Score
#765666 - 8.86MB, 9 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 6×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2022/2/23)

Arranger William Smythe Babcock Mathews (1837-1912)
Language English
Publisher. Info. Macon: John W. Burke, 1861.
Copyright
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Cavatina d'Elvira: Ernani involami (Act I)

For Flute and Guitar (Legnani)

 Flute
#644289 - 0.17MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 13×⇩ - Lorenzo.gavanna

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 Guitar
#644288 - 0.15MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 11×⇩ - Lorenzo.gavanna

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Lorenzo.gavanna (2020/8/31)

Arranger Luigi Legnani (1790-1877)
Publisher. Info. Milan: Ricordi, n.d. Plate 17707.
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Introduction (Act II)

For Guitar (Legani)

 Complete Score
#630158 - 0.19MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 19×⇩ - Town explorer

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Town explorer (2020/6/7)

Arranger Luigi Legnani (1790-1877)
Publisher. Info. Milan: Ricordi, n.d. Plate B.17908 B..
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Misc. Notes from the Boije Collection
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Prelude (Act 3)

For Bass Clarinet and Piano (Piovesan)

 Complete Score
#557378 - 0.03MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 232×⇩ - Marco Piovesan

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Marco Piovesan (2019/1/16)

Arranger Marco Piovesan
Publisher. Info. Marco Piovesan, 2019.
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Quadrilles

For Piano (Jullien)

 Complete Score
#781297 - 3.91MB, 9 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 6×⇩ - Rah9639

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Rah9639 (2022/5/12)

Arranger Louis Antoine Jullien (1812-1860)
Publisher. Info. Sydney: Woolcott and Clarke, 1859.
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Libretti

 Complete Libretto
#334865 - 1.01MB, 22 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 193×⇩ - Afp0815

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Afp0815 (2014/7/18)

Language Italian / English
Publisher. Info. New York: The Theatre Ticket Office.
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 Complete Libretto
#335417 - 0.87MB, 21 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 126×⇩ - Afp0815

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Afp0815 (2014/7/21)

Language Italian / English
Publisher. Info. New York: The Academy of Music.
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 Complete Libretto
#335418 - 1.82MB, 65 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 127×⇩ - Afp0815

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 Color Cover
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Afp0815 (2014/7/21)

Language Italian / French
Publisher. Info. Paris: Michelle Lévy, 1864.
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General Information

Work Title Ernani
Alternative. Title Dramma lirico in quattro atti
Composer Verdi, Giuseppe
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IGV 8
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 acts:
  • Atto I. Il bandito
  • Atto II. L'ospite
  • Atto III. La clemenza
  • Atto IV. La maschera
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1844
First Performance. 1844-03-09 in Venice, Teatro La Fenice
Soli, Chorus, Orchestra, Gaetano Mares (conductor)
First Publication. 1844
Librettist Francesco Maria Piave (1810-1876)
after the play Hernani, by Victor Hugo
Language Italian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voices, chorus, orchestra*
InstrDetail
Cast
Ernani , Don Giovanni di Aragona, il bandito (tenor)
Don Carlo, re di Spagna (baritone)
Don Ruy Gomez de Silva, grande di Spagna (bass)
Elvira, sua nipote e fidanzata (soprano)
Giovanna, di lei nutrice (mezzo-soprano)
Don Riccardo, scudiero del re (tenor)
Jago, scudiero di Don Ruy Gomez (bass)

Mixed Chorus (SATB)

Banditi, Cavalieri, Vassalli, Cortigiani, Principi elettori, Paggi e Dame di Corte

Orchestra

2 flutes (2nd also piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons
4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, cimbasso* (tuba)
timpani, bass drum, cymbals, snare drum, harp, strings

Onstage Instruments

bass drum

Off-stage Instruments

horn, 6 trumpets, bass drum, strings
External Links Wikipedia article
Opera Guide
Synopsis (English)
Libretto (original language)
Aria-database.com
Scores at Sheet Music Plus
Extra Information *The Cimbasso is of the trombone family but in the same range as contrabass trombone or tuba.

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