• Reference
    • GB 210 Cwrtmawr Music MS 10 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls006067393
  • Dates of Creation
    • [1775x1835].
  • Language of Material
    • Musical notation, English, Welsh.
  • Physical Description
    • 103 ff. (many additional leaves and sections added.) ; 105 x 200 mm. Full leather over boards, later covered with paper, early 19 cent.
  • Location
    • DE/SOUTH SA/OPEN SHELVES
      ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

Tune book, first compiled in the late eighteenth century, of the Reverend J. Lloyd, Tal-y-bont, containing psalm-tunes attributed to William Wilson (f. 52), John Williams ('Ioan Rhagfyr', 1740-1821), Dolgellau (ff. 4 verso-6) and others, together with hymn-tunes and anthems, copied between 1790 and 1820, with some accompanying words in English and Welsh. Amongst the tunes is the 'Song of the 3 Holy Children' (f. 46 verso-7). Additions to the original volume include ff. 83-91, written c. 1818-1819 (cf watermark, and f. 89) and ff. 92-7, written c. 1832 (watermark).

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 10 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].

Alternative Form Available

Available on microfilm at the Library.

Conditions Governing Use

Usual copyright laws apply.

Custodial History

Signatures, inside covers, of Richard Morgan, the Reverend J. Lloyd of Y Cymmere, Tal-y-bont, Cardiganshire and of Hindolveston, Norfolk, Lewis Richards, Darowen, 1814 (also 1817-1819, ff. 13, 16, 23, 38 verso-9, 89), and Mair Richards, Darowen; also David Richards, Darowen, 1817 (f. 15).

Additional Information

Published