HWV 61

E577046

HWV 61 is the catalogue number for George Frideric Handel’s English oratorio "Belshazzar," composed in the mid-18th century.

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HWV 61 canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Handel-Werke-Verzeichnis entry
musical work catalogue number
basedOn Biblical Book of Daniel
linked to: Book of Daniel

Old Testament narrative of Belshazzar’s feast
catalogue Handel-Werke-Verzeichnis
cataloguedBy Bernd Baselt
catalogueNumberFor George Frideric Handel’s oratorio Belshazzar
composer George Frideric Handel
composerNationality German-British
countryOfComposition England
dateOfComposition 1744
endTime 1744
firstPerformanceDate 1745-03-27
firstPerformancePlace Covent Garden Theatre, London
genre dramatic oratorio
sacred oratorio
hasCharacter Arioch
Belshazzar
Cyrus
Daniel
Gobrias
Nitocris
hasChorus Babylonians
Jewish exiles
Persians
historicalPeriodDepicted 6th century BC
historicalSetting Babylon
language English
librettist Charles Jennens
numberOfActs 3
partOf Handel’s English oratorios
period Baroque
placeOfComposition London
linked to: London, England
refersTo Belshazzar
relatedWork Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63
Messiah, HWV 56
linked to: Handel Messiah

Samson, HWV 57
scoring solo voices, chorus, orchestra
startTime 1744
subject Belshazzar, king of Babylon
linked to: Belshazzar
theme deliverance of the Jews
divine judgment
fall of Babylon
titleOfWork Belshazzar
workType oratorio

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Belshazzar catalogueNumber HWV 61