11. Behold the monstrous human beast

From Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I

Composer	George Frideric Handel
Key	B flat major
Meter	4/4
Tempo	Allegro

English text
Gobrias
Behold the monstrous human beast
Wallowing in excessive feast!
No more his Maker’s image found:
But, self-degraded to a swine,
He fixes grov’ling on the ground
His portion of the breath Divine.
Behold the monstrous human beast
Behold…
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About the text

• Author: Charles Jennens

Instrumentation

Resources

• Full score: ed. Georg Friedrich Händels Werke
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