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Canasg Music Arrangements


Canasg Music publishes folk song arrangements, Gaelic mouth music, Robert Burns settings, Christmas music, and new writing by a growing fold of composers. The name of the company is also the name (in Gaelic) of the bright yellow gorse flower, shown to the right. How to say it? Use the vowels and the stress pattern of the word "canvas", with the consonants of "can ask".

Composers and arrangers represented here on a-cappella.com include Sheena Phillips, David Johnson, Douglas Cook, Frances Cockburn, Michael Buck, and Peter Hill.



Auld lang syne: arr. Sheena Phillips (SATB div) - Canasg Music Publishers (UK)
Price: $3.80
Item #: 9750S
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Arranger's Note: This song is usually sung in a loud drunken state on hogmanay (New Year's Eve). You can do that with this arrangement too if you wish - but I think the rather...
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Boy was born, A (#1 from 'A sequence of carols'): music by Douglas Cook (SATB) - Canasg Music (UK)
Price: $3.60
Item #: 9752S-1B
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The words of this ancient and joyful carol (the oldest versions of which are in Latin and German) have been set to music by many composers....
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Boy was born, A (#1 from 'A sequence of carols'): music by Douglas Cook (SSA) - Canasg Music (UK)
Price: $3.60
Item #: 9752S-1A
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The words of this ancient and joyful carol (the oldest versions of which are in Latin and German) have been set to music by many composers....
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Christmas canan a 6 voci: Canasg/David Johnson (any 6 voices) - Canasg Music Publishers (UK)
Price: $3.40
Item #: 9751S
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'There is no rose of such virtue, as is the rose that bare Jesu'. A traditional late-medieval English text set as a six-part canon (for equal or mixed voices) by David Johnson, SATB div....
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Down By The Salley Gardens: arr. Francis Cockburn (SATB) - Canasg Music Publishers (UK)
Price: $3.40
Item #: 9756S
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'She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree...'. A beautiful song of love and regret. W B Yeats wrote the words, apparently based on fragments that he remembered after hearing an old...
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I Sing of a Maiden (#3 from 'A sequence of carols'): arr. Douglas Cook (SSA) - Canasg Music Publishers (UK)
Price: $3.40
Item #: 9752S-3A
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Composer's Note: The enchanting third song in Douglas Cook's A sequence of carols uses another famous and lovely text. The composer adds: The whole piece should have a sense of...
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In excelsis gloria (#4 from 'A sequence of carols'): music by Douglas Cook (SATB) - Canasg Music (UK)
Price: $3.60
Item #: 9752S-4B
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You can sing the roof off with this rousing final piece in Douglas Cook's A sequence of carols, based on a 15th century English text....
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In excelsis gloria (#4 from 'A sequence of carols'): music by Douglas Cook (SSA) - Canasg Music (UK)
Price: $3.60
Item #: 9752S-4A
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You can sing the roof off with this rousing final piece in Douglas Cook's A sequence of carols, based on a 15th century English text....
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Manx lullaby, A: arr. Frances Cockburn (SATB) - Canasg Music Publishers (UK)
Price: $3.40
Item #: 9753S
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A warmly harmonised setting by Frances Cockburn of trad. Manx words, featuring three-part female and male verses coming together in a rich SATB finish. This is a professionally-notated piece...
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Pokarekare ana (The Waves at Waiapu): arr. Sheena Phillips (SATB) - Canasg Music Publishers (UK)
Price: $3.40
Item #: 9755S
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Maori song from the north of Auckland arranged by Sheena Phillips for soprano, alto, tenor and bass chorus. Composer's Note: This is a calm and beautiful tune, originating in Maori...
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Regina coeli: arr. Michael Buck (SATB div) - Canasg Music Publishers (UK)
Price: $3.40
Item #: 9754S
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Composer's Note: This is a joyful piece in celebration of the long life of a friend of mine. The first part of each line should be sung quite freely, in plainchant style, and just...
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Taivas On Sininen (The Sky is Blue): arr. Frances Cockburn (SATB) - Canasg Music Publishers (UK)
Price: $3.40
Item #: 9757S
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The title means "The Sky is Blue" on this traditional Finnish folk song, arranged by Francis Cockburn for a cappella SATB chorus. A word-for-word translation is given for the Finnish lyrics, as...
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Taladh Chriosda: arr. Sheena Phillips (SAB) - Canasg Music Publishers (UK)
Price: $3.40
Item #: 9758S
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A beautiful and simple Hebridean Gaelic carol, which addresses the Christ child with the most gorgeous and endearing words. It works with ensembles of any size, and provides a wonderful moment...
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Tra bo dau (While There Are Two): arr. Peter Hill (SATB) - Canasg Music Publishers (UK)
Price: $3.60
Item #: 9759S
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Arranger's Note: It was the runaway success of 'Tra bo dau' and its uptake by the large Caernarfon Choir that helped give impetus to the folk song revival in Wales and the...
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Virgin's cradle hymn, The (#2 from 'A sequence of carols'): music by Douglas Cook (SATB) - Canasg Music (UK)
Price: $3.40
Item #: 9752S-2B
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The text of this exquisite piece is a lullaby to the Christ child, written in Latin, and brought to light by the English poet S. T. Coleridge,...
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Virgin's cradle hymn, The (#2 from 'A sequence of carols'): music by Douglas Cook (SSA) - Canasg Music (UK)
Price: $3.40
Item #: 9752S-2A
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The text of this exquisite piece is a lullaby to the Christ child, written in Latin, and brought to light by the English poet S. T. Coleridge,...
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Wassail Song (traditional English): arr. Sheena Phillips (SSAA) - Canasg Music (UK)
Price: $3.80
Item #: 9760S
Availability: In Stock
This lively wassailing carol dates from 19th century Yorkshire in the north of England. The custom of wassailing, or going from door to door...
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