Stanley M. Hoffman
The Song of Ruth
Soprano Solo, SATB Chorus unaccompanied
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Stanley M. Hoffman
The Song of Ruth
Soprano Solo, SATB Chorus unaccompanied
- Instrumentation High Voice and Mixed Choir (SATB)
- Composer Stanley M. Hoffman
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Difficulty Level
- Edition Choral Score
- Publisher ECS Publishing
- Order no. ECS8474
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Description:
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