A composite volume containing two treatises in Welsh on angling and musical theory, three lists of tune titles, and a large collection of tunes, compiled by John Thomas for the violin, some from printed sources and others written down from oral tradition. The tunes have been published, with related notes, in Cass Meurig (ed.), Alawon John Thomas: a fiddler's tune-book from eighteenth-century Wales (Aberystwyth, 2004).
Thomas, John, fl. 1752
Mainly miscellaneous folk-tunes, some in the hand of Mary Richards, Darowen.
A volume, comprising mainly harp tunes in various hands, at one time belonging to Mary Richards of Darowen and her father, and probably compiled by them. The last item in the volume is in letter form, dated 14 January [18]60, and addressed to Mary Richards.
Richards family, Darowen
Psalm tunes mainly by David Harries (1747-1834) with metrical versions of the psalms by Dafydd Jones, Caio, Edward Jones, Maes-y-plwm, John Williams, Dolgellau, and others. The volume appears to have been compiled by Mair Richards, Darowen.