Belshazzar's Feast (Sibelius)

Belshazzar's Feast
Theatre score & suite by Jean Sibelius
The composer (c. 1907)
Native nameBelsazars gästabud
CatalogueJS 48 (score)
Opus51 (suite)
Textplay by Hjalmar Procopé
LanguageSwedish
Composed1906 (1906), arr. 1907
Movements10 (JS 48); 4 (Op. 51)
Premiere
Date7 November 1906 (1906-11-07)
LocationHelsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland
ConductorJean Sibelius
PerformersHelsinki Philharmonic Society

Belshazzar's Feast (Swedish: Belsazars gästabud), JS 48, is incidental music by Jean Sibelius to a play of the same name by the journalist, poet and playwright Hjalmar Fredrik Eugen Procopé (1868−1927).

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