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Young singers will love this spirited Newfoundland folk song that dances with a sea chanty text. There's energy from start to finish with a moving piano line that supports individual, unison, and part...

A favorite North American tune is creatively arranged incorporating unison and 2-part harmony, round and partner-style singing with original music. A treasure chest of teaching and learning that inclu...

This Puerto Rican folk song has been arranged as a lively partner song using an original melody and both English and Spanish text. Combined with the festive piano accompaniment and shakers for all to...

This lively folk song was known as a play party song that included clapping and dancing. Beginning with a soft and lovely melody and followed by an energetic contrast, this choral conveys the true par...

Spirited and fun for young voices, this folksong favorite sparkles with rhythmic energy! Individual part-singing as well as chordal and polyphonic passages fill the work, creating teaching moments for...

The poet writes that The loving heart begs his lover not to let his kisses die. If his kisses die, then too does their love. This same passion is captured in the four verses of music as the melody pas...

From The Celtic Choir, this jubilant song of thanksgiving leaps from the page with sincere conviction and unbounded energy. A true dance of praise, the text reflects the blessings of creation and invi...

This South African folksong is a traditional wedding song sung when the couple signs the wedding register. The melody is in the upper voice while the lower voices sing a musical accompaniment.

From the PBS program A Company of Voices, by Conspirare, this beloved folk tune is arranged for cello, solo soprano, mixed voices and piano in a rich and sonorous setting that is simply breathtaking....

Sally Lamb McCune has arranged three timeless American folk songs for mixed choir, piano, snare drum, piccolo and optional strings. This can be performed as a set: 1) Simple Gifts; 2) When Johnny Come...

Full emotional expression and melodic richness are the hallmark of these two folksongs from the Ladino heritage, the nearly lost music and language of Sephardic Jews who were expelled from Spain in 14...

The plaintive melody and the many varied sets of lyrics this American folk classic has inspired over the years express a wistful love and longing, sometimes for a person and sometimes for a place, but...

With the countries of India and Uganda represented in this octavo, world rhythms take center stage. Clear and authentic guidance is offered in the program notes along with an IPA pronunciation guide a...

This is No. 3 of Four American Folk Hymns which draw on the rich folk traditions of New England and rural Southern United States. Mack Wilberg has taken a low-key approach in his arrangements allowing...

A fresh, new, up-tempo arrangement of the popular English folk song. A great piano part drives this Jay Althouse arrangement from the opening measures. The familiar melody and superb voice leading mak...

A fresh, new, up-tempo arrangement of the popular English folk song. A great piano part drives this Jay Althouse arrangement from the opening measures. The familiar melody and superb voice leading mak...

Jay Althouse told us he thought Marta Keen's HOMEWARD BOUND was one of the finest pieces he's ever arranged. And we think it might be one of Jay's best arrangements. The haunting, folk-like melody ope...

This easy-to-sing arrangement of an Italian folk song is a simple, educationally appropriate cross-cultural work for developing choirs. Simple and uncluttered.

A practical, easy-to-sing choral medley of four American folk song classics. Fresh harmonies and effective choral writing. May be performed in two sections.

This Haunting Scottish folk song tells the story of a long-forgotten rebellion against the British with a beautiful text by Robert Louis Stevenson. It's both touching and dramatic, as unison writing a...

Written exclusively for young and developing 2- and 3-part groups, this fresh, new arrangement is a quick-learn piece for your singers. The bright, driving accompaniment supports the traditional, yet...

Why not sing a traditional Israeli folk song this year? Sally Albrecht presents this haunting, minor-key melody first in unison, then as a three-part round. Because it can be sung by any combination o...

Only Mark Hayes could write such a spectacularly beautiful arrangement of this timeless, emotional Irish air. It opens expressively, with an optional flute, and builds, but culminates in a touching, p...

Only Mark Hayes could write such a spectacularly beautiful arrangement of this timeless, emotional Irish air. It opens expressively, with an optional flute, and builds, but culminates in a touching, p...

Welcome your audiences with this lively cross-cultural number which, translated from the Swahili, means 'Hello, welcome to Africa.' Patsy Simms has crafted the piece in the traditional African style w...