Belshazzar's Feast

Full score deluxe (signed by the composer)

Forces or Category: Baritone solo, semi-chorus, SATB & orchestra

Orchestration: 2.2(c.a. if no sax).2(2+E flat).b.cl(+3rd clarinet in B flat).alto sax(E flat).2bn.cbn-4.3.2.bass trombone.1-timp.4perc.2hp.pno (opt).org-str plus 2 optional brass bands each (3 tpt. 2 tbn. bass tbn. tba)

This hardbound full score is presented in a slip-case embellished with William Walton's signature in gold. William Walton signed the title pages ...

Belshazzar's Feast

Full score deluxe (signed by the composer)

William Walton
With an essay by Michael M. Kennedy

Description

This hardbound full score is presented in a slip-case embellished with William Walton's signature in gold. William Walton signed the title pages of 350 copies, of which only a handful are still left in OUP's stock.
An oratorio for baritone soloist, mixed chorus, and orchestra, using text from the Bible selected by Osbert Sitwell
Orchestral material is available on hire

Belshazzar's Feast

Full score deluxe (signed by the composer)

William Walton
With an essay by Michael M. Kennedy

Composer Information

William Walton (1902-1983)

With an essay by Michael M. Kennedy

Sir William Walton was born in Oldham, Lancashire in 1902, the son of a choirmaster and a singing-teacher. He became a chorister at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, and then an undergraduate at the University. His first composition to attract attention was a piano quartet written at the age of sixteen. At Oxford he made the acquaintance of the Sitwells who gave him friendship, moral and financial support and in 1922 he collaborated with Edith in devising the entertainment Belshazzar's Feast. From 1922 to 1927 Walton began to spend an increasing amount of time abroad, notably in Switzerland and Italy. The war years were devoted mainly to writing film and ballet scores and he became established as amongst the greatest composers for the screen.

The William Walton Trust