Two nineteenth-century tune books now joined together as one volume, with further quires and single leaves added to the first part, which contains mainly popular and traditional Welsh and English tunes together with a few hymn-tunes, and is dated 1827 in the hand of Mair Richards, Darowen (on front cover). The second part, containing mainly popular and traditional tunes, together with a few hymns in Welsh, may have been first compiled by Thomas Davies, shoemaker, Esgaironen Fach, Llanarth, Cardiganshire, 1847-1857 (notes on covers and ff. 2, 20 verso), who added a list of customer accounts on ff. 16 verso-18.
Tune book,
This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
- Reference
- GB 210 Cwrtmawr Music MS 31 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
- Alternative Id.(alternative) vtls006069822
- Dates of Creation
- [1819x1857] /
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- Musical notation, English, Welsh.
- Physical Description
- 24 ff. ; 21 ff. (many leaves removed between ff. 14 and 15) ; 105 x 165 mm. and less. Originally two volumes, paper covers, now glued together to form one volume.
- Location
- DE/SOUTH SA/OPEN SHELVESARCH/MSS (GB0210)
Scope and Content
Access Information
Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.
Note
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: Cwrtmawr Music MS 31 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
Alternative Form Available
Availabe on microfilm at the Library.
Conditions Governing Use
Usual copyright laws apply.
Custodial History
Signatures of Lewis Richards, 1819 (f. 9), and of J. Lloyd, 1857 (f. 1 verso) in first part. A leaf pasted inside the front cover bears the name of the Reverend R[ichard] Richards (1780-1860), vicar of Caerwys, 1816-1849, but an accompanying note by his sister, Mair Richards, states that he was not the owner.
Additional Information
Published