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A volume of hymn tunes.
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A volume of hymn tunes.
Hymn tunes composed, [mid-19 cent.], mainly by 'Aiddgarus' (E. Williams, Bethesda) and 'Ieuan Glan Geirionydd'. The fly-leaf bears the autograph of W. Lewis Walker and a note by Gwilym Cowlyd.
Ieuan Glan Geirionydd, 1795-1855
A volume of hymn tunes, apparently compiled by Robert Owens, [c. 1829].
Owens, Robert, of Bryncir fl. 1829
A volume of hymn tunes and anthems, apparently compiled by Joseph Parry of Morfa Bychan, Caernarfonshire, [mid-19 cent.].
Parry, Joseph, of Morfa Bychan fl. 1850
A music book, apparently belonging to Robert Roberts, possibly a harpist, containing mainly secular songs. A few anthems are also included.
Hymn tunes, anthems and a few folk songs, apparently compiled by Griffith G. Powell [mid-19 cent.].
Powell, Griffith P. (Griffith Price), fl. 1840
A volume of hymn tunes and anthems.
A volume of hymn tunes possibly compiled by Robert Davies, Joiner, Tremadoc, [mid-19 cent.].
Davies, Robert, of Tremadog
A volume of anthems, choruses and part-songs probably compiled by Griffith Pryse Powell, Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, [mid-19 cent.].
Powell, Griffith P. (Griffith Price), fl. 1840
Anthems and hymn tunes, probably compiled by Griffith P. Powell, Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, [mid-19 cent.].
Powell, Griffith P. (Griffith Price), fl. 1840
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
Mary Richards Commonplace Book
The commonplace book of Mary Richards, Darowen, [c. 1875], containing numerous stanzas and a few poems. A list of tunes which were apparently in her possession is also included. The volume agrees with the description given to MS 241 in the Handlist of Cwrtmawr MSS. The volume of Welsh airs referred to in that Handlist, along with No. 241, is possibly now AH1/28.
Richards, Mary, 1787-1877
Hymn tunes and English folk songs, apparently collected by G. P. Powell, Llanfihangel-y-Pennant,[c. 1850].
Powell, Griffith P. (Griffith Price), fl. 1840
A volume of Welsh and English airs compiled, [c. 1858], by John Williams, Llanfachreth, Anglesey.
Williams, John, b. ca. 1792
A volume of anthems, psalm and hymn tunes, probably compiled by Mary Richards, Darowen, [1821x1850].
Richards, Mary, 1787-1877
Mainly psalm tunes, occasionally with words by Edmwnd Prys, and anthems. A saying in verse relating to the weather appears on the inside of the back cover.
Prys, Edmund, 1544-1623
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.
Melus geingciau Deheubarth Cymru
A volume of melodies, [c. 1815], being the original of 'Melus Geingciau [sic] Deheubarth Cymru or The Melodies of South Wales' (f. 1), containing some fifty-six tunes collected by Ifor Ceri [?and others], some with words.
The volume consists of twenty-seven tunes, numbered 1-27, in the hand of Ifor Ceri, thirteen with Welsh lyrics appended (ff. 2 verso-27 verso); a further twenty-nine unnumbered tunes (including duplicates of a few already in the volume) in the hand of Ifor Ceri (ff. 18, 19-20, 21, 22 verso-23, 25, 26, 27, 28-33 verso); and thirteen tunes inserted in spaces by a different hand (ff. 2, 3 verso-5, 8-10, 11 verso-12, 13, 15-17, 24).
Jenkins, John, 1770-1829
A volume of traditional Welsh airs, [c. 1830]x[1853], which came into the possession of Mary Richards, Darowen, c. 1853. Two Breton airs, with verses, are also included (ff. 65v and 66r).
Richards, Mary, 1787-1877
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