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A volume, first compiled in the late eighteenth century, containing psalm-tunes, hymn-tunes, Christmas hymn-tunes, with some accompanying English words, together with marches, and popular eighteenth-century dance tunes. The tunes include 'The Merionethshire March' (p. 67), 'Hob o'r Nob' (p. 117), 'The Oswestry March by J. M.' (p. 143), and 'Sweet Richard, Llafar glust lais' (p. 151). The tunes are indexed on pp. 195-9.

Tune book apparently first compiled 1793, by John Thomas (f. 1), containing psalm-tunes, to which were added, 1810s, various accounts and memoranda by E. Jones (note inside back cover), and, later during the first half of the nineteenth century, a collection of traditional and popular tunes (ff. 18-24); with annotations in the hand of Mair Richards, Darowen. Accompanying words are mainly in Welsh.

Tune book, first compiled in the late eighteenth century, containing 18th century psalm-tunes and hymn-tunes, notes on music, words of psalms and hymns (mostly in Welsh), and accounts and memoranda. The tunes include 'Raged or Reged', 'Anhawdd ymadael' and 'Plygiad y Pedol fach' (f. 4 verso), 'Sybylldir' (f. 20 verso), and 'Brodyr' (f. 23). The volume was in the possession of the Richards family, Darowen, by 1803.

Tune book, first compiled in the late eighteenth century, containing anthems, hymn-tunes and psalm-tunes, with some accompanying words in Welsh; ff. 1-20 appear to have been written in the 1840s.

Tune book, first compiled in the 1730s but with later additions, containing psalm-tunes and hymn-tunes, preceded by the texts of various hymns and psalms in Welsh and English.

A tune book, first compiled in the late eighteenth century, but bearing dates between 1786 (f. 33 verso) and 1858 (f. 19) and containing hymn-tunes, psalm-tunes and anthems, with some accompanying words in Welsh and English.

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).

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.