Sheet Music Downloads by Jay Althouse

Your SATB choir will sound vibrant performing this memorable, a cappella Christmas spiritual. Features strong dynamic contrasts, short solos, and a touch of 'Go, Tell It on the Mountain.'

This a cappella spiritual features solid vocal harmonies to make your choirs sound their best. Listen for touches of 'All Night, All Day.' Builds to a hand-clapping key change with an independent bass...

This a cappella spiritual features solid vocal harmonies to make your choirs sound their best. Listen for touches of 'All Night, All Day.' Builds to a hand-clapping key change with an independent bass...

Celebrate the baby's birth in Bethlehem with this change-of-pace a cappella spiritual, set in a walking tempo with four optional percussion parts (available free at alfred.com/choralparts). Feel and h...

Celebrate the baby's birth in Bethlehem with this change-of-pace a cappella spiritual, set in a walking tempo with four optional percussion parts (available free at alfred.com/choralparts). Feel and h...

Remembering the 2013 Boston Marathon, this reverent tribute is an exceptional a cappella selection for concert groups. Throughout the brief ABA format, occasional dissonance resolves into lush choral...

This exuberant choral fanfare offers a fresh approach for a cappella mixed groups. Constructed with mixed and changing meters, and with a touch of divisi for the women's voices at the end, this glorio...

Dickinson's poetic description of a dark and somber day seems to say that like all of us, even nature sometimes has a bad day. The music rises and falls wonderfully with the text in this expressive an...

Here's an exuberant a cappella feature, equally appropriate for school and church. Traditional choral writing, a familiar form, a characteristic bass line, and a soprano descant give this original com...

Eine berührende, zeitgenössische Komposition mit üppigen Harmonien sowie einem wehmütigen Text über den ausklingenden Sommer und den kommenden Winter.

This emotive a cappella work radiates sincerity and musicality. The text is based on a 19th-century Pennsylvanian German marriage fraktur, which is a kind of decorative calligraphy that commemorates i...

This sturdy original is composed in the style of a traditional spiritual. A symbolic text leads to crossing metaphoric River Jordan as the music recalls songs from early America. Opens with brief solo...

This sturdy original is composed in the style of a traditional spiritual. A symbolic text leads to crossing metaphoric River Jordan as the music recalls songs from early America. Opens with brief solo...

What a great new Christmas spiritual! It's the perfect a cappella number for your choir: the simple harmonies and rhythmic pulse propel this piece from beginning to end. Features dynamic contrasts, a...

A hushed a cappella opening in rich harmony immediately captures the ear. The flowing piano joins just before two brief optional solos introduce the beloved nightingale and her tuneful melody. Express...

A hushed a cappella opening in rich harmony immediately captures the ear. The flowing piano joins just before two brief optional solos introduce the beloved nightingale and her tuneful melody. Express...

Inspired by the much-revered spiritual tradition, this original a cappella piece recounts the biblical story of the Great Flood. On its third attempt, Noah's dove returned with an olive branch, signal...

Inspired by the much-revered spiritual tradition, this original a cappella piece recounts the biblical story of the Great Flood. On its third attempt, Noah's dove returned with an olive branch, signal...

A powerful combination of two spirituals (Great Day and In That Great, Gettin' Up Mornin') in the classic choral tradition. Big dynamic contrasts and excellent voice leading (both Jay Althouse tradema...

It's a sensitive and elegant setting of America's favorite folk melody. Opens with a haunting piano figure followed by a soprano solo (or section). Features an a cappella section with a harmonization...

It's a sensitive and elegant setting of America's favorite folk melody. Opens with a haunting piano figure followed by a soprano solo (or section). Features an a cappella section with a harmonization...

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.

Originally published in The Social Harp in 1855, this revivalist song has become deeply woven into the American folk music tradition. A powerful and insistent rhythmic foundation is laid by the low vo...

This regal a cappella Latin setting begins on a unison pitch that quickly blossoms into resplendent four-part harmony. Sensible voice leading and conservative intervals encourage good intonation even...

This regal a cappella Latin setting begins on a unison pitch that quickly blossoms into resplendent four-part harmony. Sensible voice leading and conservative intervals encourage good intonation even...