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La Traviata · Libiamo ne’ lieti calici

Brindisi

Giuseppe Verdi, 1853 · Allegretto · 50 keys · Medium

About the piece

« Libiamo ne’ lieti calici » is the drinking song from the first act of La Traviata, the opera Giuseppe Verdi first staged at La Fenice in Venice on 6 March 1853, to a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave after La Dame aux camélias by Alexandre Dumas fils. At a party in Violetta’s Paris salon, Alfredo raises his glass and sings the first verse; Violetta answers with the second, and the whole company joins in.

You play Alfredo’s tune, one hand, moved to G major to fit the 17 keys.

Key
B-flat major
Played in
G major, a minor third lower
Time
3/8
Keys
50
Licence
Public domain

Brindisi letters

The whole passage, as letters to type. P is a black key; a dash holds the note a little longer.

S J - S J J S J J U J L - K J H H Y H J H H Y H J H - G S -
S J - S J J S J J U J L - K J H H Y H J H H Y H J G -
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