Jay McNeil

spectrumBabylon RevisitedBabylon was a great city.Her ntercliantiise was of gold and silver,Of precious stones, of pearls, of fine linen.so begins William Walton's characterization in Belshazzar's Feast, an epochal work in British choral music. It ends withMake a joyfttl noise to the God of Jacob,...

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