Tune book,

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

  • Reference
    • GB 210 Cwrtmawr Music MS 13 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls006067480
  • Dates of Creation
    • [18 cent., last ¼].
  • Language of Material
    • Musical notation, Welsh, English.
  • Physical Description
    • 42 ff. (a stub only remains of f. 6, leaves lost after f. 16, and at least one after f. 42; ff. 1-17, 18-42, were originally two separate volumes) ; 90 x 155 mm. Paper covers over boards, and quarter-leather, the two volumes sewn and glued together.
  • Location
    • DE/SOUTH SA/OPEN SHELVES
      ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

Two tune books now bound as one volume, the first (ff. 1-16) probably compiled in the late eighteenth century and the second (ff. 18-42) by 1800, containing hymn-tunes and psalm-tunes, together with a few englynion and other verse in Welsh (ff. 18 verso-20), and various memoranda.

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 13 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].

Alternative Form Available

Available on microfilm at the Library.

Conditions Governing Use

Usual copyright laws apply.

Appraisal Information

Item: 1.1 Manuscript Volume (Cwrtmawr Music MS 13). Action: Condition reviewed. Action identifier: 6067480. Date: 20040721. Authorization: Selected for conservation. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: J. Thomas. Status: Manuscript Volume (Cwrtmawr Music MS 13) : All corners damaged, all four caps missing, most of spine covering material missing, pages damaged at edges and parts of spine. Institution: WlAbNL.
Item: 1.2 Manuscript Volume (Cwrtmawr Music MS 13). Action: Conserved. Action identifier: 6067480. Date: 20040813. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: J. Jenkins. Status: Manuscript Volume (Cwrtmawr Music MS 13) : Used heatset adhesive to strengthen edges of leaves and PVA to consolidate spine. Institution: WlAbNL.

Custodial History

Many signatures and pentrials, including those of Evan Jones, millwright, Machynlleth, 1800-1819 (ff. 26, 28, 37 verso), John Edwards, Machynlleth (ff. 17 verso, 23, 28), Evan Lewis (f. 18), Elinor Roberts (f. 20), John Pughe, Machynlleth, [18]46 (f. 27 recto-verso), John Jones, (ff. 18 verso, 19, 36 verso, 39), Reverend Thomas Richards, Darowen (f. 29), and Mair Richards, Darowen, 1860 and 1870 (inside front cover, f. 17 verso).

Additional Information

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