The Song of Ruth
by Stanley M. Hoffman
4-Part - Sheet Music

Soprano voice solo, SATB choir unaccompanied - Intermediate

SKU: EC.8474

Composed by Stanley M. Hoffman. Pentecost, 21st Century, Commitment/Discipleship, Community/Fellowship, Faith, Hope/Assurance. Octavo. E.C. Schirmer Publishing #8474. Published by E.C. Schirmer Publishing (EC.8474).

ISBN 600313484742. UPC: 600313484742. English. Ruth 1:16-17.

A setting of the most famous passage from the Book of Ruth (Ruth 1:16-17) opens with a gentle polyphonic section for the chorus. The soprano joins the choir for the twice-repeated middle section of the piece. The music here is contrastingly homophonic and intense. (“Where you die, I will die and be buried.”)

 

The Song of Ruth closes with a recapitulation of the music from the opening, but with new words assigned to it, and with the soprano soloist providing a descant for it. Appropriate for Shavuot (The Feast of Weeks) and Pentecost. Duration: ca. 4:00.