'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.

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.

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.

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-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.

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

A setting of a nativity poem from 'Her Maker?s Maker' by Michael Symmons Roberts 'New-made for a king' was commissioned by Andreas Klatt for Farnham Youth Choir. Scored mainly in four parts the choral texture is homophonic the harmony rich yet approachable by young performers with a decorative piano accompaniment. In the mould of a lullaby the piece?s over-riding calm is troubled towards the close by indistinct pp lontano interjections from the piano in response to the poem?s portentous closing words.

2014 marks the 200th anniversary of the writing of Francis Scott Key's piece that became our National Anthem. Tim Sharp Executive Director of ACDA saw an opportunity for choirs all across America to stand together in harmony and celebration. His arrangement is based on the improvisation performed by Rachmaninoff an American citizen and can be sung a cappella or accompanied (see NMK1001/HL00125145) from National Music Publishers.