And she went and came (from Ruth) (George Tolhurst)

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(Posted 2020-04-02) CPDL #57825:

Editor: William Hale (submitted 2020-04-02). Score information: A4, 11 pages, 321 kB Copyright: Personal

':Edition notes: This attempt at a performing edition of one of Ruth's most celebrated choruses presents the accompaniment in an arrangement for piano duet.

General Information

Title: And she went and came (from Ruth)
Composer: George Tolhurst

Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Oratorio

Language: English
Instruments: Keyboard (originally orchestra)

First published: 1868
Description: George Tolhurst's oratorio Ruth was first performed in Prahran, Melbourne, in 1864, and repeated in London in 1868. "And she went and came" is the fifth movement of part II of the oratorio.

Original text and translations

English text

And she went and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers.
And her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.