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Christmas in July
For choir directors everywhere, July is a peak month for planning the Christmas season. Here are some Canasg Christmas picks.17 July 2024
The Lyke Wake Dirge
Here's a strong song, with lyrics at least as old as the 17th century.2 March 2024
I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing In
I’m dipping into the Canasg catalogue to draw your attention to a really fun, easily learned, arrangement by Paul Ayres of this traditional English carol. If, like me, you sometimes…22 September 2023
Etymology of the word ‘choir’
A piece of etymology that I love is this one from the wonderful Online Etymology Dictionary, on the etymology of the word ‘choir’. It’s fairly clear that ‘choir’ comes from…22 September 2023
A deliberate rag-bag of a catalogue
One of my favourite collections of poetry is The Rattle Bag, edited by Ted Hughes and Seamus Heaney. (And ‘Rattle bag’, or ‘rattlebag’, has the same meaning as ‘rag-bag’.) It…30 September 2023