Grand March, from Aida (viola duo)

Title: Grand March, from the opera Aida

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi, arr. David Gable

Instrumentation: Two Violas

Printout: 2 pages

Note: This well-known section of the Grand March from Verdi’s masterpiece Aida (also known as the Triumphal March), is lightly scored and sounds great on two instruments. At this point in the score the “Egyptian troops process before the king preceded by fanfares”.

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More Verdi for two violas:

Anvil Chorus, from Il Trovatore
La donna è mobile, from Rigoletto
Soldier’s Chorus (Part I – “Or co’ dadi), from Il Trovatore
Un di felice, eterea, from La Traviata
Valse, from La Traviata
Va Pensiero, from Nabucco