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"" (), also known in English as the "Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves", is a chorus from the third act of the opera ''Nabucco'' (1842) by Giuseppe Verdi, with a libretto by Temistocle Solera, inspired by Psalm 137. It recollects the story of Jewish exiles in Babylon after the loss of the First Temple in Jerusalem. The opera with its powerful chorus established Verdi as a major composer in 19th-century Italy. The full incipit is "''Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate"'', meaning "Fly, thought, on the golden wings" (note that the first word is in modern orthography spelled ''Va''', with an apostrophe, but this is absent in the libretto.) == Role in Italian political history == Some scholars initially thought that the chorus was intended to be an anthem for Italian patriots, who were seeking to unify their country and free it from foreign control in the years up to 1861 (the chorus's theme of exiles singing about their homeland, and its lines like ''O mia patria, si bella e perduta'' / "O my country, so lovely and so lost" was thought to have resonated with many Italians).〔(Paul Halsall, "Modern History Sourcebook: Music and Nationalism", Aug 1997, revised July 1998 ) on fordham.edu Retrieved 23 December 2009〕 Some modern scholarship has rejected this idea, failing to see connections between Verdi's 1840s and 1850s operas and Italian nationalism, with the exception of some of the sentiments expressed in his 1843 opera, ''I Lombardi''.〔Roger Parker, "Verdi and Milan", lecture which discusses ''Nabucco'', given at Gresham College, London 14 May 2007: see below〕 Other recent research has discussed several of Verdi's works from the 1840s (including ''Giovanna d'Arco'' and ''Attila'') emphasising their ostensible political meaning.〔Francesco Izzo, “Verdi, the Virgin, and the Censor: The Politics of the Cult of Mary in ''I Lombardi alla prima Crociata'' and ''Giovanna d’Arco''”, ''Journal of the American Musicological Society'', 60 (2007): pp. 557–597.〕 Work by Philip Gossett on choruses of the 1840s also suggests that recent revisionist approaches to Verdi and the Risorgimento may have gone too far in their thorough dismissal of the political significance of "Va, Pensiero".〔Gossett, pp. 339–387〕 In 2009 Senator Umberto Bossi proposed replacing Italy's national anthem with "Va, pensiero". In addition, Bossi's political party, Lega Nord has proposed "Va, pensiero" as the national anthem of Padania in the event that it secedes from Italy. In 2011 after playing "Va, pensiero" at a performance of Nabucco at the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, conductor Riccardo Muti made a short speech protesting cuts in Italy's arts budget, then asked the audience to sing along in support of culture and patriotism. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Va, pensiero」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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