Grand March, from Aida (violin viola duo)

Title: Grand March, from Aida

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi, arr. David Gable

Instrumentation: Violin and Viola

Printout: 2 pages

Note: Also known as the Triumphal March, this music is heard in Act II, scene II of Aida, when (as the score indicates) “the Egyptian troops process before the king, preceded by fanfares.” This section, unlike the rest of the scene, is lightly orchestrated and can readily be transcribed for two instruments.

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More Verdi for violin/viola duo:

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