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"Va, pensiero," alternatively titled the "Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves," is a choral section from Giuseppe Verdi's opera Nabucco, which was composed in 1842. The piece is inspired by and reflects upon the historical period when the Babylonian empire held Hebrew people captive following the destruction of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem during 586 BC.
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It recollects the period of Babylonian captivity after the destruction of Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem in 586 BC.
