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Material relating to a sequence of poems titled 'Aberfan Voices', written by Tony Curtis and Grahame Davies to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster on 21 October 1966, when the catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip situated above the South Wales village destroyed Pantglas Junior School and adjacent houses, killing 116 children and 28 adults, each poem accompanied at the readings by a displayed photograph taken by photojournalist and screenwriter I. C. (Chuck) Rapoport. Material includes tour schedule of poetry readings; draft and fair-copied poems; letter to Tony Curtis from Chuck Rapoport; and email correspondence between Tony Curtis, Grahame Davies and Ceri Wyn Jones, Editor of Books for Adults at Gomer Press.
See (https://laurasiersema.com/2017/11/09/poem-for-aberfan-2/#:~:text=In%202016%2C%20Welsh%20poets%20Grahame,anniversary%20of%20the%20Aberfan%20Disaster.)

Geiriau 'Cân yr Alltud/The Exile's Song', rhan gyntaf y gwaith corawl/cerddorfaol 'In These Stones, Horizons Sing', a gyfansoddwyd gan y cyfansoddwr a'r offerynnwr Karl Jenkins, y geiriau Cymraeg/Saesneg gan Menna Elfyn, y bardd, awdur, golygydd, libretydd, adolygydd llenyddol a'r cyn-ohebydd Grahame Davies a'r bardd Gwyneth Lewis. Comisiynwyd y gwaith ar gyfer agoriad Canolfan y Mileniwm yng Nghaerdydd ym mis Tachwedd 2004 a'i ddatgan gan y canwr bâs-baritôn byd-enwog Bryn Terfel. Gwyneth Lewis gyfansoddodd y testun a ymddengys uwchben Canolfan y Mileniwm.
Testun yr eitem wedi'i arnodi/gywiro yn llaw Menna Elfyn.

Material relating to a multi-media touring exhibition by Tony Curtis, poet and writer Grahame Davies, painter Gigi Jones and composer Mervyn Burtch titled Common Sense: New Paintings, Music and Poetry, comprising draft poetry in English (by Tony Curtis) and Welsh (by Grahame Davies), project outline/background information and correspondence between the collaborators. Curtis's poetry includes amendments in his hand. See http://www.commonsensewales.co.uk/index.html.
It appears that the collaborative material was published in book form (see, for example: https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31730486329&searchurl=an%3Ddavies%2Bgrahame%2Bcurtis%2Btony%26ds%3D30%26rollup%3Don%26sortby%3D17&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp0-_-title1)

For further collaboration between Tony Curtis and Grahame Davies see under heading The Alchemy of Water/Alcemi Dŵr (Gwasg Gomer/Y Lolfa, 2013).

Bound copy, prior to its publication, of The Alchemy of Water/Alcemi Dŵr, later to be published by Gwasg Gomer/Y Lolfa in 2013, containing photographs of Welsh landscapes taken by painter Fred Jones, Emeritus Professor at Western Illinois University, alongside poetry in English by Tony Curtis and in Welsh by poet and writer Grahame Davies written in response to the photographs. The volume also contains an Introduction by Fred Jones and is inscribed by Jones to Tony Curtis: 'Tony, May you have a long, wonderful retirement Fred Jones 2009'. Professor Fred Jones's photography was not ultimately utilised in the published volume (see https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/wales/entries/602af559-0493-3292-a50f-98ebff2ae1e3).
For the publication see, for example: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Alchemy-Water-Alcemi-Tony-Curtis/dp/1848513720.
See also June 2021 papers under heading The Alchemy of Water/Alcemi Dŵr (Gwasg Gomer/Y Lolfa, 2013).

For further collaboration between Tony Curtis and poet, writer and critic Grahame Davies see June 2021 papers under heading Common Sense: New Paintings, Music and Poetry (Gigi Jones Artwork, 2012).