Belshazzar, HWV 61 (Handel, George Frideric)

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Performances

Naxos

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Sinfonia (Act II, Scene 5)

For 3 Trumpets, Timpani and Organ (Rondeau)

Publisher Info. Michel Rondeau
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Sheet Music

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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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Ouverture

Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.
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Misc. Notes Schrank II coll.
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Overture

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

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Editor George Alexander Macfarren (1813-1887)
Language English
Publisher. Info. London: Novello, Ewer & Co., (1873).
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Selections

Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1750-1800).
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Misc. Notes From Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): MS 1120
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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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Arranger John Clarke-Whitfeld (1770–1836)
Publisher. Info. London: Birchall & Co., n.d. Plate 2001.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Aria: Let the deep bowl?

For Violin viola and cello (Moser)
See: Posthumous Trios (Handel, George Frideric)

Sinfonia (Act II, Scene 5)

For 3 Trumpets, Timpani and Organ (Rondeau)
Arranger Michel Rondeau
Publisher. Info. Michel Rondeau
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General Information

Work Title Belshazzar
Alternative. Title
Name Translations Baldassar; ベルシャザル (ヘンデル)
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 176804870; LCCN: no95031605; GND: 300064233; BNF: 13913707d
Composer Handel, George Frideric
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. HWV 61
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IGH 84
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1744
First Performance. 1745-03-27
London: King's Theatre in the Haymarket
Librettist Charles Jennens (1707-1773)
Language English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation voices, chorus, orchestra
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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.