Belshazzar's Feast Praise the Gods

• FFZ D major chord
• A bars silence before the Kings solo

Kings Solo 

• D major 
• Marked risoluto 
• High tessitura, top E on 'Gold'
• Triplet minims
• Marcato accents 
• No accompaniment 

• Strong homophonic texture 
• First 4 bars unaccompanied 
• After voices a glittering reply 
• Supertonic bass pedal
• Horn trill 
• Music of Imperial Edwardian England (Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance) to portray the decadence of the Great Babylonian civilisation, this is semi political musical satire
• Ends with grand march tutti, cymbal and bass drum 

• Only women, SSAA
• Question and answer 
• Shorter note values 
• Saxophone and violin solo 
• Accompanied by flute, piccolo, triangle, glockenspiel and harp harmonics

• Only men TTBB 
• Tam tam played with sticks and anvil 
• Muted trombones 
• Stopped horns 
• 2 brass bands 

• Women only 
• Homophonic 
• Staccato 
• Col legno strings 
• Woodblock 
• Xylophone 

• Men only 
• Detatched horns 
• Short strings 
• Accented horns 
• Slapstick percussion 
• Homophonic 
• Syncopated

• Full chorus 
• FF brass bands 
• Long cymbal roll