Falstaff (Verdi, Giuseppe)

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Accompaniments

Performer Pages Héctor Valls (Piano)
Publisher Info. Héctor Valls
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Misc. Notes Piano accompaniment only
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Sheet Music

Scores

Editor First edition
Language Italian
Publisher. Info. Milan: G. Ricordi, n.d.[1893].
Reprinted Falstaff in Full Score
Mineola: Dover Publications, 1980.
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Misc. Notes 600dpi
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Parts

25 more: Flute 2 • Flute 3/Piccolo • Oboe 1 • Oboe 2/English Horn • Clarinet 1 (C/B♭/A) • Clarinet 2 (C/B♭/A)/Bass Clarinet (A) • Bassoon 1 • Bassoon 2 • Horn 1 (F/E/E♭/D/C) • Horn 2 (F/E/E♭/D/C) • Horn 3 (F/E/E♭/D/C) • Horn 4 (F/E/E♭/D/D♭/C) • Trumpet 1 (E/E♭/D/C/B♭) • Trumpet 2 (E/E♭/D/C/B♭) • Trumpet 3 (E/E♭/D/C/B♭) • Trombone 1 • Trombone 2 • Trombone 3 (Bass) • Harp • Timpani, Percussion (Bass Drum/Cymbals/Triangle, Bell (F, offstage)) • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

Publisher. Info. Milan: G. Ricordi, n.d.[1893]. Plate 96007.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1950).
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Vocal Scores

Arranger Carlo Carignani (1857-1919), piano reduction
Language Italian
Publisher. Info. Milan: Ricordi, 1893. Plate 96000.
Reprinted 1944.
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Arranger Carlo Carignani (1857-1919), piano reduction
Language Italian / English
Publisher. Info. Milan: Ricordi, n.d.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Complete

For Piano (Carignani)
Arranger Carlo Carignani (1857-1919)
Publisher. Info. Milan: G. Ricordi, 1893. Plate 96204.
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For Piano (Carignani)

4 more: Segment 2 (with French superlinear text) • Segment 3 (with French superlinear text) • Segment 4 (with French superlinear text) • Segment 5 (with French superlinear text)

Arranger Carlo Carignani (1857-1919)
Language French
Translator Paul Solanges (1846-1914)
Publisher. Info. Paris: G. Ricordi, 1893. Plate 96899.
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Rokahr Family Archive Mirroring Project.
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Tutto nel mondo è burla (Closing fugue)

For Piano 4 hands (Castronovo)
Arranger Giulio Castronovo (b. 1982)
Publisher. Info. Giulio Castronovo, 2019.
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For the fantasia for orchestra based on this work by Tavan, see Grande Fantaisie par Falstaff (Tavan, Émile)

Librettos

Publisher. Info. I Grandi de L'Opera, Vol.3b No.9
Novara: De Agostini, 1989.
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General Information

Work Title Falstaff
Alternative. Title Commedia lirica in tre atti
Composer Verdi, Giuseppe
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IGV 10
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts:
  • Act 1
Part 1
Part 2
  • Act 2
Part 1
Part 2
  • Act 3
Part 1
Part 2
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1893
First Performance. 1893-02-09 in Milan, La Scala
First Publication. 1893
Librettist Arrigo Boito (1842-1918)
after The Merry Wives of Windsor and scenes from Henry IV by William Shakespeare
Language Italian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus, orchestra [more...]
Cast
Sir John Falstaff (baritone)
Ford, marito d'Alice (baritone)
Fenton (tenor)
Dr.Cajus (tenor)
Bardolfo (tenor)
Pistola (bass)
Mrs. Alice Ford (soprano)
Nannetta, figlia d'Alice (soprano)
Mrs. Quickly (mezzo-soprano)
Mrs. Meg Page (mezzo-soprano)
L'Oste della Giarrettiera
Robin, paggio di Falstaff
Mixed Chorus
Borghesi e Popolani, Servi di Ford, Mascherata di folletti, di fate, di streghe
Orchestra
3 flutes (3rd also piccolo), 2 oboes (2nd also English horn),
2 clarinets (C/B/A, 2nd also bass clarinet in A), 2 bassoons
4 horns (F/E/E/D/D/C), 3 trumpets (E/E/D/C/B), 4 trombones
timpani, bass drum, cymbals, triangle, strings
Off-Stage Instruments
guitar, natural horn, bell
External Links Wikipedia article
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Libretto (original language)
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