Belshazzar, A Sacred Oratorio: in Score, Composed in the Year 1743 - Handel, George Frideric 1685-1759; Jennens, Charles 1700-1773 (London Arnold, 1790)
The libretto of the oratorio Belshazzar was by Charles Jennens, and Handel abridged it considerably. Jennens' libretto was based on the Biblical account of the fall of Babylon at the hands of Cyrus the Great and the subsequent freeing of the Jewish nation, as found in the Book of Daniel.
Keywords: 18th Century (1701-1800); Oratorio; Religion; Bible; London (United Kingdom)