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Llyfr tonau

  • NLW MS 8166A
  • File
  • [19 cent.]

The tune book of Benjamin Price, containing hymn-tunes, anthems and glees by Thomas Williams ('Hafrenydd'), Llanidloes, R[ichard] Mills ['Rhydderch Hael'], Morris Davies, D. Thomas and others.

Price, Benjamin

Llyfr tonau

A tune book containing hymn-tunes collected by David Lewis from various sources. The following Welsh composers are represented: David Lewis, the compiler, Charles James, Llanilar, Thomas Williams ('Hafrenydd'), Llanidloes, Morris Davies, Llanfyllin, Rowland H[uw] Pritchard, Bala, Richard Mills ['Rhydderch Hael'], Ros[s]er Beynon ]['Asaph Glan Tâf'], 'llyfrwerthwr, Merthyr Tydfil', John Edwards, Llangadog, Thomas Edwards, Caerfallwch, T. Phillips, Llanwynio, H. Thomas, 'oriorydd, Caerfyrddin', William Roberts, Caerfyrddin, T. Watkins, Llanfynydd, Thomas Jones, D. Davies, William Howell, Llanidloes, Thomas Davies ['Trithyd'], Llantriddyd, Thomas Jones, 'Trallwm ger Aberhonddu', John Williams ['Ioan Rhagfyr'], Dolgellau, John Edwards, Penderlwyn, Thomas Jordan, W[illiam] Roberts ['Wil Brych'], Tynymaes, J[ohn] Ellis, Llynlleifiad, Thomas Williams, R[ees] P. Williams, Rhymney, David Harri[e]s, Carno and D[avid] J[enkin] [Dafydd Siencyn] Morgan.

Music,

A volume of transcripts of music arranged for one and two pianos and of dance music, including 'Janie's Banbie', 'Shaddy, with Variations', 'The celebrated Alpine Waltz' (incomplete) by J. Hart, 'Sims March', 'Gorhoffedd Gwŷr Harlech' ('The March of the Men of Harlech'), 'Serch Hudol' ('The Allurement Love'), 'Merch Megan', 'Glân meddwdod mwyn', 'Breaking of Day', 'Portuguese Air', 'Moses in Egypt', 'Lieben Augustine', 'Colonel Stewart's Quick March', 'The Swiss Boy', 'Sir David Baird's Grand March', 'Cherry Ripe', 'See the Conq'ring Hero' by G. F. Handel, 'God save the King', 'Alpine Waltz', 'Quadrilles from La Tentation', by J. B. Tolbacque (sic), 'Macbeth Quadrilles', waltzes by J. B. Pixis, 'The Jenny Jones Waltz' by Parry, etc. Inset is an unbound collection of vocal music, including 'Molawd Dyffryn Clwyd' (part song), 'Wake minstrels of teh woodlands' by Frantz Abt, 'Jack's Yarn', 'Action song - The Umbrella' by M. A. Sidebotham (words by Julia Goddard) (printed), 'The Gaunlet' (sic), 'Coroni'r ydwyt Ti' (anthem), 'The Schoolboy' by J. Taylor, etc.

Music

Five manuscripts music books containing hymn-tunes, chants, etc., used at Llanfaethlu and Llansadwrn churches, etc.

Tonau,

  • NLW MS 10886A.
  • File
  • [19 cent.].

A tune-book containing hymn- and psalm-tunes and anthems, mainly unsigned. The few composers recorded in the volume are John Pugh, Dr. [Edward] Miller, John Williams, Richard Ellis, and William Wilson. The volume may be in the hand of Robert Gwilym (see 561).

John Phillips's Tune Book

  • NLW MS 23983A.
  • File
  • 1812-1821

Tune book, compiled 1812-1821 (watermark 1810), containing psalm tunes, music for a funeral anthem (ff. 4 verso-6), and hymn-tunes, noted in the hands of Edward Maesgwynne [?p. Llanboidy, Carmarthenshire], 1812 (f. 3), John Phillips, 1820 (f. 22) and Richard Jones Phillips, 1821 (f. 6). The volume belonged to John Phillips of Penrallt kibier [Pen yr Allt Ceibwr, p. St Dogmael's, Pembrokeshire] (inside rear cover). Two tunes - Pleasant Morning and New Durham - are accompanied by Welsh words (ff. 6 verso-8).
The source of one tune is noted as 'David Morgan's Book 1820' (f. 3 verso), and the authorship of two tunes - Abergeleu and Wonderful - is ascribed to the same individual, 1820 (ff. 16 verso, 18 verso, 19 verso). David Morgan may possibly be identified as Dafydd Siencyn Morgan (1752-1844), the Cardiganshire precentor and composer.

Edward Maesgwynne

Accumulated manuscript volumes

Manuscript volumes, previously in the possession of musicians, collectors or precentors, and accumulated by Dr J. Lloyd Williams. Many were evidently acquired by him from J. H. Davies, Cwrt-mawr, and contain mainly folk songs and hymn tunes, recorded in eighteenth and nineteenth century Wales.

Tonau, etc.

  • NLW MS 10889A.
  • File
  • [19 cent.]

A tune-book containing hymn-tunes, anthems, etc., by Cadwaladr Jones, Daniel Thomas Williams ('Tydfylyn'), George Frederic Handel, Edward Stephens ('Tanymarian') and others. The words to one of the tunes are by Robert Parry ('Robyn Ddu Eryri').

Tonau

  • NLW MS 10888A.
  • File
  • [19 cent.]

A tune-book containing hymn-tunes, psalm-tunes, anthems, glees, and folk-songs by John Williams, Cadwaladr Jones, John Evans, Rhuddlan, Charles Avison, Richard Mills, William Byrd, George Frederic Handel, Morris Davies and others.

Music,

  • NLW MS 10943C.
  • File
  • [mid 19 cent.].

A volume entitled 'The Nightingale Anthems, Choruses and Tune Book', containing compositions by G. F. Handel (including one sung to words by Hugh Jones ('Erfyl')); W. A. Mozart; J. Ambrose Lloyd; John Ellis, Llanrwst (arrangements by William Owen, Prysgol, and 'O[wain] Alaw'); Giacomo Carissimi; Owen Davies ('Eos Llechryd'); John Owen ('Owain Alaw'), including compositions to words by John Jones, ('Talhaiarn'), Edward Roberts ('Iorwerth Glan Aled'), John Jones ('Ioan Tegid'), and Hugh Jones ('Erfyl'), and a winning composition at the Tremadoc Eisteddfod, 1851; E[dward] Stephen ('Tanymarian'); Franz Joseph Haydn; John Mills ('Ieuan Glan Alarch'); John Roberts ('Ieuan Gwyllt'); Brinley Richards (to words by 'Talhaiarn'); and others. On the fly-leaf is a printed leaflet of hymns, etc. to be sung at the re-opening of Clynnog Church, 2 June, 1856, and a manuscript round for three voices by Dr. Philip Hayes. The volume is indexed.

Music,

A composite volume of manuscript and printed music. The manuscript portion, compiled during the first half of the nineteenth century, comprises dances, airs, etc., of which the titles are 'Ruth' by Miss Davies ('E. L. C. Aug. 1840'), 'Canzonetta Veneziana' by Gio. Batta. Perucchini, 'Death Song of the Cherokee Indian', 'Hopswaltze' by [ ] Meyer, 'Lady Bruce' by [ ] Weippert, 'Waltz', 'Christmas Carol' ('Russian Air'), 'Geschwind Walzer', 'Walzer', 'Cottillon', 'Mary Anne's Waltz', 'Modinha', 'When thro' Life . . .' by R. Broadley, 'When forc'd to part . . .' [by R. Broadley], 'Air for the Harp' by James Meyer, senior, 'Serch Hudol', 'Venetian Rondo', ‘'Welsh [air]', 'Lesson' by [ ] Meyer, 'Breuddwyd y Frenhines', 'Brave Jonathan his bow ne'er drew' ('Oratorio of Saul' by Handel), 'Waltz' by [Ludwig van] Beethoven, 'Mazurka', 'Paul Garat', 'Waltz' by [Wolfgang Amadeus] Mozart, 'Wálecná, Pjsen pro Ceskau obranu', 'Pedal March' ('in imitation of a band marching thro' a town'), 'Imogen', 'Waltz', 'Slingsby' s Allemande', 'Lady Sutherland's reel' ('M[ary] T[hereza] T[albot]'), 'The Perthshire Hunt', 'The College Hornpipe', 'Garthland's Strathspey', 'The Tank', 'Mrs. McLeod of Raza', 'Awake my soul . . .', 'The Cosack', 'The Villagers', 'Danse A la Cosaque', 'Miss Flora Steibelt', 'The retreat', 'General Graham's Victory', 'Over the sunny hills I stray . . .', 'La Terza ', 'Bradalbaine's farewell to Ireland', 'The Broom of ?Cowden Brown', 'Prussian Waltz', 'An Irish Air', 'My Grandmothers hop', 'Diniweudruydd Colomen', 'A Welsh Air' ('Planxty Jane'), 'Lesson' (3), 'African Song', 'Waltz', 'Ecossaizer Waltz', 'The Rose of Aberdeen', 'Chartreuse', 'The Glen of Gorbaul', 'The Pampluna Waltz', 'Austrian Military Waltz', 'Albanian Waltz', 'Montpellier Waltz', 'Alpine Waltz', 'Slow March', 'Quick March', 'Louise', 'Elisabeth', 'March. Musquetier Regiment' by [ ] von ?Koslov, 'The Stormont Lads', 'Kin[?g] Caldrums reel', 'Prince of Saxe Coburg's March' (1814), 'Waltz', 'La Perle' by Princess Charlotte [Augusta ] (2); 'Le Sentiment' by P[rinces]s Charlotte], 'Mother Shipton', 'Moll in the Wad', 'Sweedish Waltz', 'L'Anacreon', 'Pipe de Tabac', 'Minuet in Don Giovanni', 'Albanian Waltz','Mazurka' (2), 'Ffoliad Llantrissant', 'Modinha ' ('Portuguese'),'Mazurka', ('Jane's) Mazurka', 'Rondo', 'Thro' the wood Laddie', 'Prince of Waterloo', 'Carron Side', 'Minuet to the Overture to Sampson' by [George Frederic] Handel, 'Sound an Alarm' by Handel, 'Bonnie wee thing', 'St. Patrick's day in the morning with Vars.', 'Rheinweinlied ', 'Kathleen O'More' ('Irish Air'), 'Waltz', 'in Ballet of Figaro', 'Waltz 4th' by [ ] Manson, 'Rushing' ('Irish Boat Song'), 'Cornish Waltz' ('Copied C. M.'), 'Cornet Waltz', 'Leipsic Waltz', 'Waltz', 'Lough Sheeling ' ('Copied'. 'Irish'), 'Tune. Within this Village lives a maid' ('Copied'. 'Irish'), 'Rant des Vaches', etc. The printed collections are Anton Diabelli: 'Euterpe eine Reihe moderner and vorzüglich beliebter Tonstücke . . . (Wien, n.d.), Albert [Gottlieb] Methfessel: Sechs Lieder . . . ( Leipzig, n.d.), and [Carl Friedrich] Zelter: Lieder, Balladen and Romanzen . . . 2 Hefte (Berlin, n.d.). Bound into the volume at the beginning is an incomplete list of the manuscript music.

Music,

An early nineteenth century music book containing a selection of vocal and instrumental pieces. The titles include 'La Notte. Arietta italiana', 'Ebben per mia memoria' by [Gioacchino Antonio] Rossini, 'Louise de Chimay ', 'Minuet and Rondo by Mr. Gwynne' ('Welsh'), 'Lady Alda's Dream' by Mrs . [ ] Arkwright, 'Serenade', 'Lesson' by [John] Parry [of Ruabon], 'Chorus from Iphigenia' by [Christoph Willibald Ritter von] Gluck, 'The Maltese Mariner's Hymn', 'Mac Lean's Welcome' ('from the Gaelic'), 'Mrs. Garden of Trrup's Strathspey', 'Winter's Song. Words & music by [ ] Bayly', 'Parry's lesson', 'Garth's Rondo', 'The Dusty Miller', 'Lady Shaftsbury', 'Hymmo Constitucional', 'The Coronach' by [ ] Clarke, 'Tyrolienne', 'Trio', 'La Burasca', 'Canzone' by [Giuseppe] Millico, 'Lady Mary Ramsays Strathspey', 'Countess of Lauderdales reel', 'New rigged ship ', 'Era felice un di' by [ ] Mayer, 'La Partenza', 'March of the 4th Dragoon Guards', 'Russian Waltz', 'Austrian Lindler', 'Waltz', 'Quadrille ', 'Vien qua Dorina bella', 'March' by Count Neuberg, [ ] from 'Mose in Egitto' [by Rossini], 'Minuet in the Ballet of Nina', 'Preciosa' by [Carl Maria von] Weber, 'Heu, Heu, reicht mir Nectar' by [Sigismund] Neukomm, 'Das Heimweh', 'Duo', [ ] by G. Prescentini, [ ] by [Giacomo Gotifredo] Ferrari, 'Gallopade', 'Galloppe', 'Waltz' by P. ?Upsilanti, 'Trio', 'Waltz' by Miss [ ] Smith, 'Song of Peace' by W[illiam] Carnaby, ' 133d Psalm' by Neukomm, 'Hymn for Midnight', [ ] by [Johann Friedrich] Edelman[n], 'Old English Melody', [ ] by [Johann Nepomuk] Hummel, 'The Highland Widow', 'O the gusto' ('Barcarole'), 'Lied in der Fremde' by Weber, 'Thekla' by [Johann Rudolf] Zumsteeg, 'Thekla eine Geistnstimme' by [ Friedrich Ludwig) Seidel, 'Nehmt euch in acht' by [Vincenzo] Righini, 'Les premiers Amours' by N[icolo] d'Isouard, 'Twilight' ('Welsh'), [ ] by [ Ludwig van] Beethoven, 'Rode's Air', 'Theme Allemand' by [ ] Künten, 'Vien diletto è in ciel la Luna' from 'I Puritani' by [Vincenzo] Bellini, 'Su questa man concedi' from 'U[ltimo] G[iorna] de Pompeii' by [Giovanni Pacini], 'Dans la prairie fraiche et fleurie', 'Double chant', [ ] by W[ illiam] Jackson, 'Psalm 145' (emended to 15), 'Valse', 'Funeral March in Saul', 'March' by [Henri] Herz, 'Ah Dove Sei', 'Tyrolienne', 'Round' by [ ] Bononcini, 'Minuet in Ariadne' by [George Frederic] Handel, 'Valse compose par le Baron Seymour de Constant', 'Waltz' by Beethoven (emended to [Franz] Schubert), 'A Greek Air' (words by Lord Byron), 'The Fairy Bells' by Mrs. [ ] Norton, 'Weber's last song', [ ] by J[oseph] P[ hilip] Knight, 'Y Gadlys', 'Y Ferch o'r Sker', 'Con quel occhietto' by [ Giuseppe Marco Maria Felice] Blangini, 'I come creeping', 'Our Mother's voice' by Mary Selwyn, 'The Hermitage' by [ ] Drobisch, 'Canzonet' by Capt. Harington, 'Hindostanee Air' (words by W. Kennedy), 'The Song of other times', 'Duettino' by Blangini, 'Jenny Jones', 'Waltz' by Beethoven, ‘'Deutches Rheinlied' by Nicholas Becken, 'Morning Hymn' by F[rangois Hippolyte] Bartheleman, 'In mia man Alfin to sei', 'Duet. Norma' by Bellini, 'Galoppe from the Daughters of the Danube', 'Oh the merry days', 'Monferino' ('Guitar Music'), 'Rondo', 'Words from Woodstock' by Mrs. Arkwright, 'The Song of Phillipa Cahigel of Badajos', 'Lebe Wohl', etc. On the fly- leaves are English words to 'Glan meddwdod mwyn' and to the old Scotch air of 'He's dear to me tho' he's far away'.

Tune book

The tune book of Samuel Paigne, Waterford, 1799, containing psalm-tunes, hymn-tunes, anthems and choruses from The Messiah.

Paigne, Samuel, Waterford

Welsh airs

  • NLW MS 23434C.
  • File
  • [?1820s]

A manuscript music book, [?1820s], belonging to a Mrs Fletcher, containing arrangements of eight Welsh folk-tunes for harp or pianoforte.

Hymn tunes, chants, &c.

  • NLW MS 13950A.
  • File
  • [19 cent., third ¼]

A tune book, [19 cent., third ¼], containing hymn tunes, chants and other sacred music. An index to the composers of the tunes on ff. 1-9 verso is on f. ii. The tunes on ff. 33-34 are dated 'Jan. 1866'.

Hymn-tunes, &c.

  • NLW MS 13945A.
  • File
  • [c. 1828]

A tune-book, [c. 1828], containing hymn-tunes, psalm-tunes and anthems in the hand of Hugh Williams, whose name occurs inside front cover.

Williams, Hugh, active 1828

John Parry ('Y Telynor Dall'),

A composite volume containing John Parry ('Y Telynor Dall'): Antient British Music ... (London, 1742), A Collection of Welsh, English & Scotch Airs ... (London [1752]), and British Harmony ... (London, 1781), and a manuscript of John Parry containing arias, minuets, overtures, concertos, Welsh airs, etc., partly with variations by John Parry himself and by Evan Williams [bookseller, London]. Copious manuscript annotations have been added by Nicholas Bennett. Also bound or pasted down in the volume are a note on provenance by E[van] D. J[ones], [19]07; a comment by Carl Engel on Antient British Music ...; an invoice from Bernard Quaritch, London, to N. Bennett, 1888, for Antient British Music ...; a portrait of John Parry; a list by Mary Davies, 1911, of 'Names of tunes written in a copy of Ancient British Music ... 1742 belonging to R. Morris now in British Museum in Addit. MSS. 14939'; critical observations by D. Emlyn Evans on individual songs in Antient British Music ...; and holograph letters from D. Emlyn Evans, Cemmes, Mont., to Mr. Lewis [L. W. Lewis, 'Llew Llwyfo'], [19]07, from Lady Llanover, Llanover, Abergavenny, to the Rev. J. Harmer, 1888, and from Joseph Joseph, F.S.A., Brecon, to [ ], 1888. The spine is lettered 'Vol. I. Antient British Music. J. Parry Rhuabon Blind. 1742'.

John Parry and others.

Llyfr tonau,

An imperfect volume of hymn-tunes, psalm-tunes, etc., some of which are attributed to John Davies, John Roberts (Wrexham), S. Standly, John Evans, John Jeffreys, Win. Pugh, Thos. Evans (Swansea), Robert Mills, Hugh Evans, etc. At the beginning is an incomplete list of titles.

Cerddoriaeth amrywiol

A miscellaneous collection of hymn-tunes, anthems and songs by Welsh composers, including 'Seren Bethlehem' by Edward Stephen ('Tanymarian'), 'Waterloo' by D. J. Morgans, 'Yr hen aelwyd Gymreig' by 'Isallt', 'Cyfraith yr Arglwydd' by D. W. Lewis, 'Trywead alawon' by W. O. Jones, 'Gwyn fyd y gwr' by Dan Protheroe, with Christmas cards in the form of carols, 1907-1912, 'Diangaist i'r Bedd' by D. Emlyn Evans, 'O'r dyfnder y llefais' by W. T. Samuel, 'Gras ein Harglwydd' by M. Morgan, Cwmtawe, 'Atgofion yr hen amser gynt' and 'Cartref fy mebyd' by R. S. Hughes, 'Bow down the knee' by Edward Stephen, 'I will lay me down in peace' by C. Francis Lloyd, 'Prize Composition, 1893' by D. Pughe Evans, and hymn-tunes by W. T. David, John Davies, Godre'r Parc, A. Evans, Llandudno, D. Emlyn Evans, M. O. Jones, T. Amos Jones, D. W. Lewis, William Owen, Porthmadog, and Joseph Parry.

Harp music

  • NLW MS 24006A.
  • File
  • 1800-1810

A manuscript music book, with some annotations in pencil, containing lessons, songs, dances and airs for the harp in the hand of Elizabeth Giffard (1766-1842) of Nerquis Hall, Flintshire (for Elizabeth Giffard's dates of birth and death see e.g. Peter Howell Williams, 'Elizabeth Giffard of Nerquis Hall' in Hanes Bro Clwyd, 27 (Autumn 1991), pp. 2-11; cf. her signature in NLW Caerhun collection, 240-1, and in her will (NLW SA 1844/158)).
The title of each work and, in some cases, the name of the composer, is noted for each piece. Several of the pieces (pp. 17, 24, 26, 29, 30, 33, 39, 66 (titled the 'Nerquis March'), 69, 75, 89) are by Benjamin Cunnah (will proved 1840), organist of Ruabon, Denbighshire, and composer of New Welch Music: Consisting of Three Sonatas, Chase Minuets, Siciliano, Rondos, Marches, Airs with Variations for the Harp or Piano Forte (London, 18--). Several Welsh airs are included (pp. 10, 12, 21 ('Ar Hyd y Nos'), 22 ('Codiad yr Ehedydd'), 23 ('Nos Galan'), 25 ('Pen y Rhaw'), 71 ('Ar Hyd y Nos'), 84-85 ('The March of [the] Men of Harlech'), 280-1 ('Morfa Rhuddlan')). Above the piece entitled 'Midnight Cerus' (p. 89) Elizabeth Giffard has noted 'Blowed June 29 1807 at Nerquis Hall'. At the end of the volume (pp. 278-286) are some technical exercises for the harp together with instructions for tuning the instrument and for pedalling. Staves ruled in ink on pp. 1-286; pp. 1-91, 278-286 completed with music. See also Peter Howell Williams, 'Elizabeth Giffard of Nerquis Hall' [Part 1] in Hanes Bro Clwyd, 27 (Autumn 1991), pp. 2-11, in which a family tree, ending with Elizabeth and her sister Eleanor, is included (p. 3), together with an account of a legal wrangle and religious dispute between Elizabeth Hyde, Elizabeth's maternal grandmother, and her father, John Giffard; and Peter Howell Williams, 'Elizabeth Giffard of Nerquis Hall' [Part 2] in Hanes Bro Clwyd, 28 (Spring 1992), pp. 12-17, which largely involves family legal matters such as inheritance rights and marriage settlements, and which also includes tables showing the pedigrees of Elizabeth's Wynn of Nerquis forebears and their connections to the Williams family of Pont-y-Gwyddel and to the Wynns of Gwydir (p. 17). See also Patrick J. Doyle, 'The Giffards of Nerquis' in Flintshire Historical Society Publications, 24 (1969-1970), pp. 79-85.

Giffard, Elizabeth, 1766-1842

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