canasg choral music publishing

Canasg sells sheet music for choirs ...

... and for groups of singers, mostly for singing unaccompanied. We deliver music in PDF format for you to print yourself. Follow these links for more about what we offer and how we sell music and about pricing and perusal copies.

Suggestions for Spring

for mixed voices

The gowans are gay: An old Scottish song of springtime and (unsuccessful) courtship. SATTB / 2m 50s / words: anon. / music: Katy Cooper.
Bedfordshire May carol: A foot-stomping folk song with optional violin and recorder. SATB / 2m 00s / words: traditional English/ music: Sheena Phillips.
Colour Poems: Four contrasting haiku, using snow, wind, waves, sunset, thunder and volcano to striking effect. SSAATBB / 5m 30s / words: Charlotta Skule / music: Richard Nye.
Searching for lambs: A folk song that begins with spring and lambs and love, and actually has a happy ending. SATB / 2m 00s / words: traditional English / music: Douglas Cook.
Three Old English partsongs: New settings of words by Robert Herrick, Thomas Campion and “anon”. SATB / 7m 30s / words: various / music: Philip Wood.

for women's voices

Did you not hear my lady go down the garden singing? ... rivalling the glittering sunshine with a glory of golden hair. A famous song with a long history, in a completely new setting: SSA / 2m 15s / words: Arthur Somervell / music: Alison West.
Rare Willy drowned in Yarrow: An old Scottish ballad of love leading to tragic consequences. SSA / 2m 00s / words: traditional / music: Marg Hall.

for men's voices

Silent O Moyle: The Irish legend of Fionnuala awaiting release from her swan-transformation, in a new arrangement of a traditional Irish melody. TTBB / 2m 00s / words: Thomas Moore / music: Mark Burstow.
Lassie, lie near me: this surely needs no explanation! TTBB / 2m 00s / words: Robert Burns / music: Peter Hill & Sheena Phillips.

sacred music

Prayer of St Richard of Chichester: A prayer of thanks and devotion to Christ. SATB / 4m 00s / words: St Richard of Chichester / music: Paul Ayres.

Full listing

Scottish (Scots and English)

Scottish Gaelic

World/traditional/folk

Christmas/midwinter/New Year

Sacred

Young voices

Contemporary

Our music ...

... is mostly by living composers. We have songs for mixed voices in four parts, women's voices, men's voices, young voices, and many other combinations. We have secular music, religious music, and plenty of Christmas music. We have contemporary music alongside music based on folk/world/traditional sources. And we have a good selection of songs from Scotland.

In our catalogue you can find pieces well within the capacity of a group of average skill, but never at the expense of musical quality or audience appeal. There is plenty of more challenging music too.