• Reference
    • GB 210 Cwrtmawr Music MS 17 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls006067573
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1806-1822 /
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • Musical notation, Welsh, English.
  • Physical Description
    • v, 65 ff. (original pagination 1-128; ff. i-v are loosely inserted inside front cover; pp. 12a-16 (watermark 1810), 37-8, apparently replace others lost or removed; at least nine leaves removed at end) ; 195 x 160 mm. and less. Quarter-leather and paper covers over boards, spine repaired with paper, ?19 cent.
  • Location
    • DE/SOUTH SA/OPEN SHELVES
      ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

The tune-book, 1806, of David Richards ('Dewi Silin', 1783-1826), containing psalm-tunes and anthems by John Williams, Dolgellau (ff. 58-69) and others, accompanying words mostly in Welsh. Also included are notes on runic characters (p. 128), and pasted inside the covers are a printed announcement, 1814, of the second annual meeting of the Merionethshire Auxiliary Bible Society, and a printed note, 1822, from Robert Saunderson, Cambrian Printing Office, Bala, of a proposal to publish extracts from Y Gwyliedydd, under the title Cyfaill y Cymro.

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 17 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].

Alternative Form Available

Available on microfilm at the Library.

Conditions Governing Use

Usual copyright laws apply.

Custodial History

Label of the Reverend T. Richards, Darowen, inside front cover; signature of David Richards, 1806 (f. 1); 'Benjamin Mostyn, Caerwys, Flintshire', on f. v verso.

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