Composition: Aïda (Verdi, Giuseppe)
| Title | Aida |
| Alternative title | Opera in quattro atti |
| Creators | Giuseppe Verdi (composer) and Antonio Ghislanzoni (librettist) |
| Opus | |
| Instrumentation | voices, mixed chorus and orchestra |
| Number of movements | 4 |
| Keys | — |
| Composed | 1870 |
| First published | 1872 |
| Dedication | — |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | — |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Operas |
| Language | Italian |
| Period | Romantic |
| View on IMSLP |  |
| Code |  |
Sections
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Arrangements
| Details | Section | Arranged for | Arranger |
|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | piano 4 hands | Henri d' Aubel |
| view | Complete | piano | Luigi Rivetta |
| view | Selections | orchestra | Theodore Moses Tobani |
| view | Selections | 2 pianos | Gabriel Pierné |
| view | Aria: Celeste Aida (Act I) | cello and strings | Joshua Choe |
| view | Aria: Celeste Aida (Act I) | violin, cello and piano | Gustav Saenger |
| view | Triumphal March (Act II) | — | Masahiro Komuro |
| view | Triumphal March (Act II) | horn, trumpet and euphonium | Hans Jorgen Messerschmidt |
| view | Triumphal March (Act II) | organ | Harry Rowe Shelley |
| view | Triumphal March (Act II) | organ | Paolo Sperati |
| view | Triumphal March (Act II) | piano | — |
| view | Triumphal March (Act II) | piano | Edwin Vaile McIntyre |
Scores
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | — | Ricordi | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Ricordi | — | Complete Score · view Act I · view Act II · view Act III · view Act IV · view |
| view | Complete | — | Ricordi | — | Onstage and Offstage (Banda) Score · view |
| view | Complete | selections | Ricordi | — | Aria: Celeste Aida (Act I) · view |
| view | Complete | selections | Matmati's Edition | 2013 | Aria: Ritorna Vincitor! (Act I) · view |
| view | Complete | parts | Ricordi | — | Piccolo · view Flute 1/2 · view Oboe 1/2/English Horn · view English Horn (Extra Copy) · view Clarinet 1/2/Bass Clarinet · view Bass Clarinet (Extra Copy) · view Bassoon 1/2 · view Horn 1/2 · view Horn 3/4 · view Trumpet 1/2 · view Trombone 1/2 · view Trombone 3/Cimbasso (Tuba) · view Timpani · view Bass Drum/Cymbals/Triangle/Tam-Tam · view Harp · view Violins I · view Violins II · view Violas · view Cellos · view Basses · view |
| view | Complete | parts | — | — | Bass Clarinet (B) · view |
| view | Complete | parts | Ricordi | — | Piccolo (D) · view Clarinet 1, 2, 3, Piccolo Clarinet (E) · view Horn 1, 2, 3 (E) · view Trumpet 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (E) · view Egyptian Trumpets (A, B) · view Cornet & Flugelhorn 1, Flugelhorn 2, Baritone (B) · view Trombone 1, 2, 3, 4 · view Euphonium · view Tuba 1, 2 · view Bass Drum · view |
| view | Complete | parts,selections | Ricordi | — | Oboe excerpts · view |
| view | Celeste Aida (Act I) | parts | Ricordi | — | Complete Parts · view |
| view | Uno degli ingressi della città di Tebe (Finale) | parts | — | — | Basses · view |
| view | Complete | vocal score | Escudier | — | Complete Score (color) · view Complete Score (mono) · view |
| view | Complete | vocal score | P. Jurgenson | 1879 | Complete Score (color) · view Complete Score (mono) · view |
| view | Complete | vocal score | Ricordi | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | vocal score | Schirmer | 1897 | Complete Score · view Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | vocal score | Escudier | — | Complete Score (mono), piano reduction · view |
| view | Complete | vocal score | Alphonse Leduc | — | Complete Score (color) · view Complete Score (mono) · view |
| view | Complete | vocal score | Bote & Bock | — | Preliminaries, libretto · view Act I · view Act II · view Act III · view Act IV · view |
| view | Complete | vocal score | — | — | 6. Prière et danse sacrée (Act I) · view |
| view | Complete | — | De Agostini | 1989 | Complete Libretto · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano 4 hands |
Alphonse Leduc | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano |
Ricordi | — | Complete Score (with superlinear text) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano |
Ricordi | — | Complete Score (with superlinear text) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano |
Ricordi | — | Complete Score (with superlinear text) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for orchestra |
Carl Fischer | 1883 | Complete Parts · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for 2 pianos |
Alphonse Leduc | — | Hymn, March and Dance - Piano I · view Hymn, March and Dance - Piano II · view |
| view | Aria: Celeste Aida (Act I) | Arrangement for cello and strings |
Joshua Choe | 2014 | Complete Score and Parts · view |
| view | Aria: Celeste Aida (Act I) | Arrangement for violin, cello and piano |
Carl Fischer | 1911 | Complete Score and Parts · view |
| view | Triumphal March (Act II) | Arrangement |
— | — | Complete Score · view Complete Parts · view |
| view | Triumphal March (Act II) | Arrangement for horn, trumpet and euphonium |
Hans Jorgen Messerschmidt | 2018 | Complete Score · view Horn (F) · view Trumpet (C) · view Euphonium · view |
| view | Triumphal March (Act II) | Arrangement for organ |
Schirmer | 1885 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Triumphal March (Act II) | Arrangement for organ |
D. Vismara | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Triumphal March (Act II) | Arrangement for piano | Jürgen Knuth | — | Complete Score (abridged arrangement) · view Engraving files (Capella) · view |
| view | Triumphal March (Act II) | Arrangement for piano | Bote & Bock | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Triumphal March (Act II) | Arrangement for piano |
Thiebes-Stierlin Music Co. | 1903 | Complete Score · view |
Recordings/Performances
| Details | Type | Section | Performers | Arranged for | Files | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Synthesized | Selections | — | Act 1, Scene 1 · file Act 1, Scene 2 · file Act 2, Scene 1 · file Act 2, Scene 2 · file Act 3 · file Act 4, Scene 1 · file Act 4, Scene 2 · file |
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| view | Synthesized | Selections | — | Act 1 (Part 1) · file Act 1 (Conclusion) · file Act 2 (Part 1) · file Act 2 (Conclusion) · file Act 3 (Part 1) · file Act 3 (Conclusion) · file Act 4 (Part 1) · file Act 4 (Conclusion) · file |
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| view | Synthesized | Celeste Aida (Act I) | Jacques Pottier (tenor) | — | Complete Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | — | Héctor Valls (piano) | — | Aria: Celeste Aida (Act I) · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Triumphal March (Act II) | Piano (Knuth) | Synthesized audio (abridged arrangement) · file |
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