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 ⓘ