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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...

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...

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...

Jay Althouse hat diesen Folksong der Appalachen wunderbar in ein atemberaubendes Chorstück verwandelt.

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...

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...

This may be the most exciting Christmas sprirtual Jay Althouse has ever written. It opens with the basses asking, in a hushed, rhythmic melody, 'Who's that baby in a manger bed?' The text is classic s...

Now your men's choir can enjoy this energetic seasonal spiritual by Jay Althouse which has been popular with mixed choruses for years. All of the rhythmic intensity and captivating a cappella harmonie...

The strength of this steady, walking-tempo spiritual comes from the powerful dynamic contrasts and solid choral writing. Features brief descant-style female solos. The optional hand drum adds a rhythm...

Look up, children, there's a star in the sky. A new and exciting a cappella Christmas spiritual featuring a driving rhythmic pulse. The subdued middle section incorporates 'Rise Up, Shepherd, and Foll...

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...

The perfect Christmas piece: a 6 1/2 minute medley of twelve of the most popular holiday favorites from, 'Silent Night' to the rousing finale of the 'Hallelujah Chorus' (sure to bring your audience to...

The perfect Christmas piece: a 6 1/2 minute medley of twelve of the most popular holiday favorites from, 'Silent Night' to the rousing finale of the 'Hallelujah Chorus' (sure to bring your audience to...

The perfect Christmas piece: a 6 1/2 minute medley of twelve of the most popular holiday favorites from, 'Silent Night' to the rousing finale of the 'Hallelujah Chorus' (sure to bring your audience to...

A moving patriotic work by Jay Althouse with an especially timely text: 'We came from many nations with nothing but a dream. ' The final statement of the melody incorporates a descant singing 'America...

A moving patriotic work by Jay Althouse with an especially timely text: 'We came from many nations with nothing but a dream. ' The final statement of the melody incorporates a descant singing 'America...

A light, swinging, Jay Althouse arrangement of a Duke Ellington 'standard. ' Features accessible voice leading and some simple scat syllables. . . but no vocal improvisation. Accessible voice leading....

A light, swinging, Jay Althouse arrangement of a Duke Ellington 'standard. ' Features accessible voice leading and some simple scat syllables. . . but no vocal improvisation. Accessible voice leading....