Why We Sing SSAA

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.

In style of a radio play based on a Taoist tale-Based on an ancient Taoist fable about a small village farmer whose fortune continually changes through a chain of interconnected events. Singers are divided into two character groups the narrator and the villagers and a soloist sings the role of the farmer. The moral of the story: You never know keep on going. All is not as it first appears.

Designed to showcase that special soloist in your choir this spiritual gets an upbeat a cappella treatment that allows for an optional audience sing- or snap-along. For SSAA a cappella this traditional piece has been beautifully arranged by Kirby Shaw.Also available for SATB a cappella - Catalogue No.: HL08666112

From the King's Singers Edition Series this beautiful arrangement is one of the King's Singers favourite American folksong settings. Arranged by Bob Chilcott for SAA (or SSAA) with Piano accompaniment in a simple pop song style. Peformance Time: Approx. 2:20.

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.

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.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 delightful traditional English nonsense song from the King'singers Edition series. Available: SSAA 2-Part ShowTrax Cassette. Performance Time: Approx. 2:25.

How Soon? is a work by Nico Muhly for SSAA Choir and Ensemble. Commissioned by eighth blackbird the Kennesaw State University School of Music and the Anima-Young Singers of Greater Chicago the piece is a setting of George Herbert's poem 'Mortification' and lasts around 10 minutes.

Nicola Porpora (1686-1768) was a Neopolitan composer and singing teacher. A rival of Handel he formed an opera company which performed his own compositions all over Europe. He was widely acclaimed during his lifetime both as a composer and also as a pedagogue counting Haydn among his students. Regrettably most of his compositions have largely fallen into obscurity since his death. Credidi Propter is a setting of Psalm 116 originally for SSAA Upper Voice Choir Strings and Organ Continuo with optional Viola part. It has been edited by D. E. Hyde and arranged with Piano accompaniment.

A single voice states the opening phrase before it returns in ethereal 4-part women's harmony in this gorgeous setting of the mass text. Close harmonies and gentle motivic imitations throughout invite an intimate sense of wonder. Intricate divisi writing provides a satisfying challenge for advanced choirs. Highly recommended! / Choeur SSAA A Cappella