Belshazzar’s Feast
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Belshazzar’s Feast is a dramatic 1931 cantata by William Walton, renowned for its vivid choral writing, large orchestral forces, and depiction of the biblical story of the Babylonian king’s downfall.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Belshazzar’s Feast canonical | 2 |
| Belshazzar’s feast | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1901471 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Belshazzar’s Feast Context triple: [William Walton, notableWork, Belshazzar’s Feast]
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A.
Belshazzar’s Feast
Belshazzar’s Feast is a dramatic biblical painting by Rembrandt depicting the moment a mysterious divine inscription appears on the wall during the Babylonian king’s lavish banquet.
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B.
Belshazzar
Belshazzar is a biblical Babylonian prince or king best known for the story of the mysterious handwriting on the wall that foretold the fall of his kingdom.
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C.
Daniel in the lions den
Daniel in the lions' den is a famous biblical story in which the prophet Daniel is miraculously saved by God after being thrown into a den of lions for refusing to stop praying.
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D.
Fast of Gedaliah
The Fast of Gedaliah is a minor Jewish fast day commemorating the assassination of Gedaliah ben Ahikam and the subsequent end of Jewish autonomy after the First Temple’s destruction.
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E.
Processional Way of Babylon
The Processional Way of Babylon was a grand, ceremonial roadway lined with glazed brick reliefs and flanked by monumental gates, used for religious processions in ancient Babylon.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Belshazzar’s Feast Target entity description: Belshazzar’s Feast is a dramatic 1931 cantata by William Walton, renowned for its vivid choral writing, large orchestral forces, and depiction of the biblical story of the Babylonian king’s downfall.
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A.
Belshazzar’s Feast
Belshazzar’s Feast is a dramatic biblical painting by Rembrandt depicting the moment a mysterious divine inscription appears on the wall during the Babylonian king’s lavish banquet.
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B.
Belshazzar
Belshazzar is a biblical Babylonian prince or king best known for the story of the mysterious handwriting on the wall that foretold the fall of his kingdom.
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C.
Daniel in the lions den
Daniel in the lions' den is a famous biblical story in which the prophet Daniel is miraculously saved by God after being thrown into a den of lions for refusing to stop praying.
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D.
Fast of Gedaliah
The Fast of Gedaliah is a minor Jewish fast day commemorating the assassination of Gedaliah ben Ahikam and the subsequent end of Jewish autonomy after the First Temple’s destruction.
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E.
Processional Way of Babylon
The Processional Way of Babylon was a grand, ceremonial roadway lined with glazed brick reliefs and flanked by monumental gates, used for religious processions in ancient Babylon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cantata
ⓘ
choral work ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Biblical story of Belshazzar
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Book of Daniel ⓘ |
| catalogueNumber | Walton Edition vocal score ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | BBC ⓘ |
| commissionedFor | Leeds Festival ⓘ |
| composer | William Walton ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depictsEvent |
Belshazzar’s Feast
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surface form:
Belshazzar’s feast in Babylon
fall of Belshazzar ⓘ writing on the wall ⓘ |
| duration | approximately 35 minutes ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | Oxford University Press ⓘ |
| forces |
baritone soloist
ⓘ
mixed chorus ⓘ semi-chorus ⓘ |
| form | dramatic cantata ⓘ |
| genre | cantata ⓘ |
| influencedCareerOf | William Walton ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dramatic depiction of biblical narrative
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large orchestral forces ⓘ vivid choral writing ⓘ |
| orchestration |
brass ensemble
ⓘ
large orchestra ⓘ organ ⓘ percussion ⓘ two pianos ⓘ |
| period | 20th century ⓘ |
| premiereCity | Leeds ⓘ |
| premiereConductor | Malcolm Sargent ⓘ |
| premiereCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1931 ⓘ |
| premiereFestival | Leeds Festival ⓘ |
| reception |
critically acclaimed
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established Walton’s reputation as major British composer ⓘ |
| structure | single continuous movement ⓘ |
| style |
20th-century classical music
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modernist ⓘ |
| subject |
Belshazzar
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divine judgment ⓘ fall of Babylon ⓘ |
| textCompiler |
Edith Sitwell
ⓘ
surface form:
Osbert Sitwell
|
| textLanguage | English ⓘ |
| yearCompleted | 1931 ⓘ |
| yearComposed | 1930 ⓘ |
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Subject: Belshazzar’s Feast Description of subject: Belshazzar’s Feast is a dramatic 1931 cantata by William Walton, renowned for its vivid choral writing, large orchestral forces, and depiction of the biblical story of the Babylonian king’s downfall.
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Belshazzar’s Feast
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Belshazzar’s feast