Barbershop Sheet Music for Mixed Voices

Offprinted from the collection "Spirituals for Choirs".

Khorurd Metz is an Armenian sacred hymn, or sharakan, for the feast of the Nativity. Movses Khorenatsi, who wrote both the words and the melody, was one of the Armenia's greatest sharakan composers, a...

Javier Busto's Kuttun Kantak (Night Songs) is a set of three songs: a lullaby with characteristic cross-rhythms; a prayer in irregular metre; and a song of rejoicing. An English text by Bob Chilcott i...

Setting a 15th-century English text, this carol by David Hamilton alternates a lullaby refrain with a starker, more declamatory style setting references to Jesus' crucifixion. Originally published in...

The traditional carol Notre divin Maître comes from a collection known as Noëls Anciens de la Nouvelle-France (Ancient Carols of New France). The melody derives from an old drinking song but has been...

In Vic Nees's arrangement of this traditional Flemish carol the harmonization becomes richer with each successive verse, culminating in six-part harmony in verse 4. An English text by Bob Chilcott is...

This carol describes how the ringing of church bells evokes the events of the first Christmas, and Karsten Gundermann's arrangement uses the lower voices to evoke the sound of bells. This version of t...

From the collection Epiphany to All Saints for Choirs, Tallis's five-part setting of the Nunc dimittis is here edited by Stephen Rice. Scored for SATBB unaccompanied and including a piano part for reh...

From the collection Epiphany to All Saints for Choirs, this Matins canticle has a text based on verses from Isaiah. Scored for SATB unaccompanied with soprano and tenor solos, it is most suitable for...

Originally published in Epiphany to All Saints for Choirs, this anthem for All Saints' Day features all the hallmarks of the sixteenth-century polyphonic style. Includes both Latin and English singing...

Originally published in Epiphany to All Saints for Choirs, this antiphon for All Saints' Day features all the hallmarks of the sixteenth-century polyphonic style. Includes both Latin and English singi...

The composer has combined a single line of Latin, 'O virgo splendens', with an earthy, late 13th-century Marian text in Middle English to create a work which reflects both the divine and the human qua...

An Affirmation is a setting of an elegiac text by Richard Brett conveying the themes of grief and remembrance. The piece opens with a single voice that grows into a warm chordal passage. It gains mome...

The Parting Glass is a traditional Scottish song, often sung as a farewell at the end of a get-together. With its valedictory message, it would make a fitting end to a performance, perhaps as an encor...

The Parting Glass is a traditional Scottish song, often sung as a farewell at the end of a get-together. With its valedictory message, it would make a fitting end to a performance, perhaps as an encor...

This atmospheric carol sets the well-known 'O magnum mysterium' text in the version famously used by Victoria, with its tender, devotional additions. Set in four parts, the work unfolds simply, from s...

The Island Itself is a setting of the poem Homage to Omey by Irish poet, Joan McBreen. The imagery of the sea conveyed in the text is reflected through lilting, syncopated rhythms. The melody is suppo...

Scored especially for ATB to meet social distancing requirements, this piece has both special resonance and practical application in these uncertain times. McGlade's characteristic unaccompanied style...

To celebrate the centenary of the Oxford University Press Music Department, this volume of 50 new carols complements the five previous volumes, bringing new names and styles to the series while provid...

To celebrate the centenary of the Oxford University Press Music Department, this volume of 50 new carols complements the five previous volumes, bringing new names and styles to the series while provid...

This beautiful setting of a medieval English text is simple yet effective, written in Assersohn's clear and approachable style. With tender 'lullay, lullow's, lilting phrases, and gentle modal inflect...

This beautiful setting of a medieval English text is simple yet effective, written in Assersohn's clear and approachable style. With tender 'lullay, lullow's, lilting phrases, and gentle modal inflect...

This setting of Edward Caswall's well-known text shows all the hallmarks of McGlade's characteristic style, with changing time signatures, beguiling chromaticisms, and a beautiful, fluid melody. Chang...

This is an upbeat original setting of the well-known Latin text. Rambunctious, hearty, and in a sophisticated modal style, it is suitable for both church and concert performance byexperienced choirs.

This is an upbeat original setting of the well-known Latin text. Rambunctious, hearty, and in a sophisticated modal style, it is suitable for both church and concert performance by experienced choirs.