Western — Choral & oratorio
Romantic · 1842

Va, pensiero (Nabucco)

G. Verdi

Key
F#
Time
12/8
Tempo
♩=100
AO focus
AO3

Incipit

Form

Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves, Act 3. Italy's unofficial second national anthem.

Teaching points

  • Italian Risorgimento context
  • Unison chorus across all voices
  • AO3: opera as nationalism
Full score ↓CPDL →Public domain

Ricordi + later urtext, PD.

Topic T9Topic T1