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Llawysgrifau cerddorol Llanofer,

  • NLW MS 15168D.
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  • [1830x1871].

Llawysgrifau cerddorol yn tarddu o blas Llanofer, [1830x1871], yn cynnwys yn bennaf alawon gwerin, rhai gyda geiriau. Cofnodwyd rhai yn llaw Augusta Hall, Arglwyddes Llanofer (ff. 8-13), ac yn eu plith ceir alawon a gyhoeddwyd yng nghyfrol Maria Jane Williams, Ancient and National Airs of Gwent and Morganwg (Llandovery, 1844). = Music manuscripts originating from Llanover, [1830x1871], containing mainly folk tunes, some with words. Some are in the hand of Augusta Hall, Lady Llanover (ff. 8-13), and include tunes which were published in Maria Jane Williams, Ancient and National Airs of Gwent and Morganwg (Llandovery, 1844).
Nodir geiriau'r gân 'Agoriad y wawr' (f. 12 verso) yn llaw Thomas Price ('Carnhuanawc'). = The words of 'Agoriad y wawr' (f. 12 verso) are in the hand of Thomas Price ('Carnhuanawc').

Edward Jones letter, national airs,

A copy of Edward Jones, Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards ... (London, 1794), with a few annotations by John Dovaston. Among items tipped in are transcripts by Edward Jones of Welsh, English and Irish airs (ff. 1, 73, 106) and a letter from him to Dovaston, 16 January 1817, concerning Welsh folk-tunes and other national airs (ff. 74-75). The letter is in answer to Dovaston's letter of 25 December 1816, which is part of Cardiff MS 4.130.

Edward Jones and John Dovaston.