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Folk songs and music

Numerous collections of folk songs and hymn tunes accumulated by J. Lloyd Williams before and during his period as Editor of the Journal of the Welsh Folk-Song Society, including material which he himself had recorded and items submitted to him by others. Indexes, lists, related notes and press cuttings are also included.

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

Llyfr tonau

The tune book of Catherine Williams, Cwmcynfelyn, 1842, containing psalm-tunes and a Christmas anthem ('Ac yr oedd yn y wlad honno').

Llyfr tonau

The tune book of Thomas Evans, Widnes, containing copies of anthems by William Jones and J[oseph] D[avid] Jones.

Llyfr tonau

The tune book of Evan Jones, Penucha'r pentra, Trefriw, 1846, containing a copy of Grisiau Cerdd Arwest published in 1823 by John [Ryland] Harris ['Ieuan Ddu'], and manuscript hymn-tunes and anthems by David Harri[e]s, Rowland [Huw] Pritchard and others. There are notes by William J. Roberts ('Gwilym Cowlyd') on Evan Jones on the cover, and on the authorship of the tune 'Caersalem', on p. 223.

Miscellanea

Thomas Gee's temperance pledge card, August 1836; Friendly Suggestions for a Change in the "Permissive Bill" of the United Kingdom Alliance, 1866, and Suggestions for a Change in the Licensing Laws, 1869, both by Thomas Gee; Cynllun y Dadwaddolwyr Cymreig a gyhoeddwyd gan y Parch. Thomas Gee; a circular and poster relating to Denbigh sewage farm, 1881; The Welsh Land, Commercial, and Labour League, and its Objects containing a letter by Thomas Gee, 1888; programme of the Llangollen County School Opening and Oriental Bazaar, 14 September 1898, at which Thomas Gee spoke; the order of service and hymns sung at the funeral of Thomas Gee, 3 October 1898; old notation and solfa editions of a memorial anthem by David Jenkins, 1899, and press cuttings of obituary notices and appreciations of Thomas Gee.

Music

Psalm-tunes and anthems, mainly composed by David Harris, Carno.

Music

Psalm-tunes and anthems, mainly composed by David Harris, Carno.

Music

Psalm-tunes and anthems in four-part harmony, including a transcript of Symon's 'Grand Gloria Patri', and 'A Scale of all ye Natural Notes, for ye Garman flute'.

Music

Psalm-tunes and anthems, mainly composed by David Harris, Carno.

Music

Psalm-tunes and anthems, mainly composed by David Harris, Carno.

Traethawd ar gerddoriaeth

A fragment of a treatise on music entitled 'Traethawd neu Raglwybr; yn dysgu Egwyddorion a Gwreiddiau Cerddoriaeth', with an Easter anthem by John Williams, Dolgellau.

Tune book,

Tune book, compiled during the first half of the eighteenth century, containing psalm-tunes, hymn-tunes and anthems, with some accompanying words in English and Welsh. The psalm-tunes are 'White Church' (f. 3 verso), St Luke (f. 6), St Peter (7), St Michael (f. 8), St Phillip (f. 9), New Radnor (f. 10), Old Radnor (f. 11), Weobley (f. 12), All Saints (f. 19), Bath (f. 19 verso), Norwich (f. 20 recto-verso), Ewell (f. 21), St Albans (f. 22), Monmouth (f. 22 verso), Oxford (f. 23), Northampton (f. 23 verso), Southampton (f. 24), Bangor (f. 27 verso), Whitchurch (f. 30), and Ludlow (f. 33 verso). A Welsh hymn is written on a manuscript leaf pasted inside the back cover.

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