"Si ridesti il leon": the metre of the rolling Risorgimento chorus -- along with "Va pensiero" and "O signore dal tetto natio"

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The Operas of Verdi: From Il Trovatore to La Forza del Destino
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Julian Budden - 1978 - 544 pages - Snippet view

... rare in the eighteenth century but very common in the nineteenth and familiar as the metre of Verdi's rolling Risorgimento choruses — 'Va pensiero sull'ali dorate', 'O Signore dal tetto natio', 'Si ridesti il leon di Castiglia' . ...

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