 Belshazzar (1744) |
| File: | handbelsh.zip (February 2007) 254 kB |
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| Full name of work: | Belshazzar (1744) |
| Composer: | Handel, George Friederic (1685-1759), German |
| Arranger: | N/A |
| About: | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handel |
| Lyricist: | N/A |
| First line: | N/A |
| Music category: | Classical Choral Oratorio |
| Instruments: | arranged for SATB (piccolo, clarinet, French horn, bassoon) and piano (converted to strings etc) |
| Name of file creator: | John Hooper |
| e-mail address: | NWC "at" thehoopers "dot" demon "dot" co "dot" uk |
| Website: | http://www.thehoopers.demon.co.uk |
| Running time: | about 2hrs 56mins |
| Comments: | This ZIP File contains the following NAMED sections:- Part 1 01-overt.mid 1: Overture 02-vain.mid 2: Vain fluctuating state 03-thou.mid 3: Thou God most high 04-fate.mid 4: The fate of Babylon 05-lamnt.mid 5: Lament not thus 06-hero.mid 6: Behold, by Persia's hero made 07-laugh.mid 7: Well may they laugh 08-memry.mid 8: O memory! 09-grief.mid 9: Oppress'd with never-ceasing grief 10-dry.mid 10: Dry those unavailing tears 11-cmfrt.mid 11: Be comforted 12-bank.mid 12: Methought as on the banks 13-tell.mid 13: Now tell me Gobrias 14-beast.mid 14: Behold the monstrous beast 15-think.mid 15: Can you then think 16-god.mid 16: Great God, who yet 17-frnds.mid 17: My friends, be confident 18-dpend.mid 18: All empires upon God 19-truth.mid 19: O sacred oracles 20_-rejo.mid 20: Rejoice, my countrymen 20a-long.mid 20a: For long ago 20b-thus.mid 20b: Thus saith the Lord 21-sing.mid 21: Sing, O ye heavens 22-festl.mid 22: Let festal joy 23-frnds.mid 23: For you, my friends 24-leafy.mid 24: The leafy honours 25-custm.mid 25: It is the custom 26-recal.mid 26: Recall, O King 27-true.mid 27: They tell you true 28-dearr.mid 28: O, dearer than my life 29-slow.mid 29: By slow degrees Part 2 30-see.mid 30: See from his post 31-frend.mid 31: You see, my friends 32-amazd.mid 32: Amaz'd to find 33-arms.mid 33: To arms, to arms 34-gods.mid 34: Ye tutelar gods 35-bowl.mid 35: Let the deep bowl 37-simfn.mid 37: Symphony 38-sages.mid >38: Ye sages 39-misry.mid 39: O misery! 40-oking.mid 40: O King, live for ever 41-no.mid 41: No; to thyself thy triffles be 42-obey.mid 42: Yet, to obey 43-sentn.mid 43: O sentence too severe 44-tears.mid 44: Regard, O son 45-truth.mid 45: O God of truth 46-gobrs.mid 46: You, Gobrias 47-princ.mid 47: O glorious prince Part 3 48-hopes.mid 48: Alternate hopes and fears 49-fain.mid 49: Fain would I hope 50-black.mid 50: Can the black Ethiop 51-hopes.mid 51: My hopes revive 52-bel.mid 52: Bel boweth down 53-thank.mid 53: I thank thee, Sesach 54-symph.mid 54: Martial Symphony 55-power.mid 55: To pow'r immortal 56-care.mid 56: Be it thy care 57-war.mid 57: Destructive war 58-victr.mid 58: Great victor 59-proph.mid 59: Say, venerable prophet 60-tell.mid 60: Tell it out among the heathen 61-build.mid 61: Yes, I will build thy city 62-magni.mid 62: I will magnify Thee, O God There are no text/lyrics; these Files were generated purely for Choral Rehearsing purposes (using a published piano-reduction Score), and so don't look pretty even though they should sound reasonable (though that depends very much on your hardware/software; mine is a Soundblaster AWE64 Gold). Voice-emphasised Midi Files of the whole work can be downloaded for free from my Website (above). The Site also contains Midi Files for several rather more modern Composers, for which NWC versions may be available. |