Who wrote Balthazar's Feast?

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Who wrote Balthazar's Feast?

Belshazzar’s Feast is a major English choral work by Sir William Walton. Composed in the early 1930s, it’s known for its powerful dramatic writing for bass solo, choir, and orchestra and for the biblical text it sets. That distinctive association with Walton’s style makes him the correct composer for this piece. The other composers listed are associated with different works and periods—Purcell with Baroque pieces, Holst with early 20th‑century but not this work, and Elgar with late-Romantic pieces—so none of them are the composer of Belshazzar’s Feast.

Belshazzar’s Feast is a major English choral work by Sir William Walton. Composed in the early 1930s, it’s known for its powerful dramatic writing for bass solo, choir, and orchestra and for the biblical text it sets. That distinctive association with Walton’s style makes him the correct composer for this piece. The other composers listed are associated with different works and periods—Purcell with Baroque pieces, Holst with early 20th‑century but not this work, and Elgar with late-Romantic pieces—so none of them are the composer of Belshazzar’s Feast.

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