Belshazzar, HWV 61 (Handel, George Frideric)

		Movements/Sections 3 Acts Composition Year 1744 Genre Categories Sacred oratorios; Oratorios; Religious works; For 6 voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring the alto voice; Scores featuring the tenor voice; Scores featuring the bass voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; English language

Sheet Music

• Full Scores (2)
• Parts (0)
• Vocal Scores (4)

Full Scores

Complete Oratorio

 Complete Score
*#18824 - 64.39MB, 294 pp. -  5.2/10 2 4 6 8 10 (5) - V/V/V - 2144x⇩

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Ivdruiz (2008/7/14)

Editor:

Friedrich Chrysander (1826-1901)

Publisher Info.:

Georg Friedrich Händels Werke. Band 19.
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1864. Plate H.W. 19.

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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Ouverture

 Complete Score
*#107075 - 2.82MB, 12 pp. -  6.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - V/V/V - 383x⇩

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Fynnjamin (2011/6/26)

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Manuscript, n.d.

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Parts

Overture

For the first edition of the Overture, published by Walsh, see Overtures (Handel, George Frideric)

Vocal Scores

Complete Oratorio

 Complete Score
*#31108 - 13.88MB, 242 (xvi. 225, blank) pp. -  2.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - V/V/V - 1556x⇩

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Carolus (2009/5/9)

Editor:

George Alexander Macfarren (1813-1887)

Language:

English

Publisher Info.:

London: Novello, Ewer & Co., (1873).

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Selections

 Aria: Great God! Who yet but darkly known
*#147574 - 0.23MB, 4 (#140-143) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 206x⇩

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Massenetique (2011/11/7)

 Aria: O sacred oracles of truth
*#147575 - 0.26MB, 4 (#144-147) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 198x⇩

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Massenetique (2011/11/7)

 Recitative and Arioso: Thus saith the Lord
*#147576 - 0.30MB, 5 (#148-152) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 176x⇩

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Massenetique (2011/11/7)

Editor:

Ebenezer Prout (1835-1909)

Publisher Info.:

Songs and Airs by George Frideric Handel, Volume II: For Low Voice.
Boston: Oliver Ditson Company, 1905. Plates ML-1145-4, ML-1146-4 and ML-1147-5.

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General Information

Work Title	Belshazzar
Alternative Title

Composer	Handel, George Frideric
Opus/Catalogue Number	HWV 61
Movements/Sections	3 Acts
Year/Date of Composition	1744
First Performance	1745-03-27 London: King's Theatre in the Haymarket
Librettist	Charles Jennens (1707-1773)
Language	English
Piece Style	Baroque
Instrumentation	Vocal soloists (soprano, 2 altos, tenor, 2 basses), Chorus, Orchestra

Misc. Comments

Composed 23 August — 23 October 1744. Libretto from the Books of Daniel, Jeremiah and Isaiah, the "History" of Herodotus, and the Cyropaedia ("The Education of Cyrus") of Xenophon.