'Close Harmony' offers unaccompanied arrangements of a variety of well-loved songs from the 1920's to the 1970's. Performances should work equally well with choirs or just four voices. Arranged by Nicholas Hare for SSAA. Helpful performance notes are included for each of the songs and the arrangements are notated on two staves for easy piano rehearsal.

A series of outstanding songs, taken from the bestselling Close Harmony Ladies' Barbershop Songbook , selected for their appropriateness for female singers, arranged for close-harmony quartets or women's choirs. Nicholas Hare's beautifully crafted arrangements for SSAA are suitable for anything from four to four hundred singers. He has added helpful performance notes for each of the songs and the arrangements are notated on two stave for easy piano rehearsal. / Choeur SSAA

This SSAA arrangement by Ryan Brandau of Triptych , based closely on the original SATB version by Tarik O'Regan, was specially commissioned by Dr. Amanda Quist and the Westminster Choir College Symphonic Choir Women. / Choeur SSAA

Novello Ladies' Barbershop-A series of outstanding songs taken from the bestselling Close Harmony Ladies' Barbershop Songbook selected for their appropriateness for female singers arranged for close-harmony quartets or women's choirs.Nicholas Hare's beautifully crafted arrangements for SSAA are suitable for anything from four to four hundred singers. He has added helpful performance notes for each of the songs and the arrangements are notated on two stave for easy piano rehearsal.

Novello Ladies' Barbershop- Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man was a song with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein composed for the musical 'Showboat'. Associated with many of the greatest singers ever this beautiful work about forbidden love is a touching and heartbreaking ballad. Nicholas Hare's beautifully crafted arrangements for SSAA are suitable for anything from four to four hundred singers. He has added helpful performance notes for each of the songs and the arrangements are notated on two staves for easy Piano rehearsal. The sound of a Ladies' Barbershop singing this smooth tune with romantic overtones and heart rendingundertones would be a memorable event for all involved. It's a fun song to sing and the bittersweet harmonies make it all the more emotional. A series of outstanding songs taken from the bestselling Close Harmony Ladies' Barbershop Songbook selected for their appropriateness for female singers arranged for close-harmony quartets or women's choirs.

A series of outstanding songs taken from the bestselling Close Harmony Ladies' Barbershop Songbook selected for their appropriateness for female singers arranged for close-harmony quartets or women's choirs.Nicholas Hare's beautifully crafted arrangements for SSAA are suitable for anything from four to four hundred singers. He has added helpful performance notes for each of the songs and the arrangements are notated on two stave for easy piano rehearsal.

We'll Meet Again is a bittersweet ballad originally sung by Dame Vera Lynn in 1939. Its optimism and hopefulness for love in the face of separation made it a famous song of the Second World War but it's universality still resonates with lovers today. Arranged for SSAA. A series of outstanding songs taken from the best-selling Close Harmony Ladies' Barbershop Songbook selected for their appropriateness for female singers arranged for close-harmony quartets or women's choirs. This beautiful tune is a masterful love song and it will sound simply stunning sung by a Ladies' Barbershop in this fantastic arrangement.The themes of love and loss are underlined by optimism meaning a choral performance of this would not leave a dry eye in the audience.Nicholas Hare’s beautifully crafted arrangements for SSAA are suitable for anything from four to four hundred singers. He has added helpful performance notes for each of the songs and the arrangements are notated on two stave for easy Piano rehearsal.

A series of ladies' barbershop arrangements by Nicholas Hare from the best-selling Close Harmony The Ladies' Barbershop Songbook.

Gustav Holst Songs From The Princess Op.20 for female voices SSAA. Words written by Tennyson.Sweet and lowThe splendour fallsTears idle tearsO swallow swallowNow sleeps the crimson petal

The intertwining of women’s voices in Gustav Holst’s Tears Idle Tears will lend an elevated atmosphere to any performance giving this secular piece an almost sacred character. It was written for a cappella female chorus (SSAA) in 1905 as the 3rd movement of the 5-movement suite ‘Songs From The Princess’ which was based on 5 thematic short poem’s from the British poet Tennyson’s long narrative poem ‘The Princess’ (1847). Performance time is approximately 2 minutes.As an experienced instrumentalist and orchestra member English composer arranger and teacher Gustav Holst understood music from the standpoint of his players and madesure that however challenging their parts were always practicable a compositional characteristic still well received and appreciated by performers and audiences today.