Folk & Folklore Sheet Music Downloads (PDF)

Alas, My Love is a setting of the immortal folk song, "Greensleeves." The setting and mood harken back to the original verses of the English folk song. There are numerous opportunities for phrasing an...

Alas, My Love is a setting of the immortal folk song, "Greensleeves." The setting and mood harken back to the original verses of the English folk song. There are numerous opportunities for phrasing an...

Bring the majestic sound of the Alps straight to your concert stage or open-air event! With "Alphorn Ballad", published by the renowned Editions Marc Reift, you can showcase an extraordinary and reson...

The music of Kenya reflects the joyful spirit of the people as seen in these three selections collected and arranged by ethnomusicologist and educator Tim Gregory. Easily learned by young choirs and a...

Rhythm abounds in the vocals and percussion sounds of this Kenyan folk song. A delightful text that allows for creative and musical interpretation, energy-filled vocals, rhythmic hand claps and percus...

This Torres Strait Islands folk song presents a wonderful opportunity for a cappella choirs to perform with authentic world percussion instruments (common alternates offered). All the voicings are bui...

A classic American folksong in a soulful unaccompanied setting that lends itself to so many performance options! Available separately: SATB a cappella, SSAA a cappella, TTBB a cappella. Duration: ca....

This Filipino or Visayan folk song is about joy and love. George Hernandez, conductor of the Saringhimig Singers from San Francisco has captured the native flavor in this rousing arrangement. Selected...

This folk song, sometimes called 'O Waly, Waly, ' is one of the most popular and well-loved. The imagery of the lyric is captured in a cappella SSA writing with rich harmony and subtle echoing. A supe...

This collection of songs and arrangements of folk tunes provides an excellent source of a cappella contest literature for the developing choir. Quality texts, careful attention to range and tessitura,...

This early American folk song is a lively number with percussive hand claps and will showcase treble choirs or all ages, especially high school and college.

This is a Porro Chocoano from the Choc?? region in Colombia's Pacific coast that tells the story of Maximína and a broken sewing machine. A great multicultural choice for mixed and treble choirs! In S...

This arrangement of the popular English Folk Song, originally known as Sovay Sovay tells the story of a young woman who takes matters into her own hands in order to find out if the man she loves truly...

Gallant's take on this Acadian folksong is lively and engaging, featuring the quintessential elements of the tradition: podorythmie (seated foot-tapping), diddlage (mouth music), and the spoons.

This Appalachian folk song, wonderfully arranged in a breathtaking a cappella setting, will give you chills. Opens and closes with a female trio. Strong choral writing for mixed or treble choirs.

You've heard many arrangements of this beautiful American folk hymn, but none quite like this. Kirby Shaw's unique style brings out the inherent joy of the traditional text. Throughout the piece, cont...

An irresistible a cappella arrangement of the authentic Sotho folk song! Solid choral harmonies and infectious rhythms (supported with optional percussion patterns) create a backdrop for special featu...

This Christmas song comes from the Yoruba-speaking region of Nigeria. Bright and joyful, this a cappella treatment features rich stacked harmonies, optional solos, and lively percussion parts, charact...

Viktor Ullmann composed his choral arrangements of Hebrew, Yiddish and Hasidic songs in the Theresienstadt ghetto in 1943/1944. It was internded as a source for melody and text orthography and was pub...

James Erb's classic eight-part (SSAATTBB) arrangement of the American folk song 'Shenandoah' has taken its rightful place in our contemporary choral literature. Now James gives us a wonderful, richly...

The need to provide our students with exposure to the music of all of the world's cultures has never been greater. Lana Walter brings us this rhythmic work for women's choir from Kenya. All of its aut...

Originating as a traditional Tyne River Shanty for the transport of coal, this sturdy tune will fit well in a program of folk music, with a steady rowing motion in the accompaniment and a dancelike me...