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Anthemau ac emyn-donau

A book of anthems, hymn-tunes and psalm-tunes, including anthems by Richard Mills ['Rhydderch Hael'] ('Cenwch i'r Arglwydd') and R[ees] P. Williams, Rhymney ('Ac mi glywais lais o'r nef').

Barddoniaeth a rhyddiaith,

An imperfect interleaved manuscript containing prayers, psalms and Scripture readings; 'Ystori Peilat'; 'Bychedd Saint Margred', 1642; poetry in strict metres by Sion Reithar, John Brwynog, Huw ap Dafid Lloyd, Ifan Brydydd Hir, Rhys Pennardd, Sypyn Kyfeiliog, ('yr hwn a gyfieithir dafydd bach am hadog wladaidd'), Sion Kain (1609) (holograph), Dogtor John Kemp, Robert Mredydd, Mathew Brwmffild, Rhobert ap D'd Llwyd, Dafid ap Gwilim, William Llyn, Syr Dafid Trefor, Ierwerth Fynglwyd, John Tvdyr, Huw ap Richard ap Dafid, Morys Dwyfech, Richard John Brwynog, Morgan ap Huw Lewis, John Ffylipp, Huw Machno, Gr[u]ffuth Grvg, Grvffvth ap Ieuan ap Llewelvn Fychan, Dafydd Ddv o hir addig, D'd ap Edmwnd, and Ri'd ap Hoell; 'Penillion', for the most part anonymous, but with occasional stanzas by Gwen Williams, William Phillip, Sr Huw Robert, [Rob]ert Lewis, etc.; prognostications of Erra Pater based on the incidence of New Year's Day, and weather prognostications based on the phases of the moon; 'Ymddiddan tydyr ag Ronw'; 'Y rhif euraid'; and a few accounts for clothes; etc. An incident during the Second Civil War, on 5 June 1648, is recorded on p. 85 ('y pvmed dydd or mihefin y bv yr maes Rhwng syr John owen a gwyr y parlmant yn llandygai ag yn Rhayth yr lafan ...'), and it is probable that the manuscript was compiled about the period 1642-8.

Cerddoriaeth

A music book containing anthem-, psalm-, and hymn-tunes.

Davies, Robert, fl. 1844

Extracts from the scriptures; rules of the South Wales Unitarian Society; etc.

Miscellaneous papers, home-made booklets, etc., containing various items in the hand of Edward Williams ('Iolo Morganwg') bound together in one volume. A considerable part of the volume is devoted to extracts from the Old and New Testaments in English and Welsh (sometimes grouped together as illustrative of specified ideas or subjects - 'Iesu Grist yn Ddyn', 'Iesu Grist yn ddarostyngedig i'r Tad', 'Aberth Crist', 'Divine Unity', etc.) and lists of textual references from the two Testaments grouped under headings such as 'Mab Duw', 'Mab y Dyn', 'Meibion Duw', 'Iachawdwriaeth', 'Satan', 'Yspryd Glân', 'Crist', and similar topics. Other items in the volume, pagination in brackets, include a transcript of an 'englyn' (this item possibly in the hand of Edward Williams's son Taliesin Williams) and an extract from [William] Warrington [: The History of Wales] relating to the Welsh in the time of Giraldus Cambrensis (10-11); a list in Welsh of the rules of the South Wales Unitarian Society ('Rheolau a Threfniadau Cymdeithas Dwyfundodiaid Deheubarth Cymru a gyttunwyd arnynt gan Henuriaid y Gymdeithas yn eu Cyfarfod Cyffredinol yn y Gelli Onnen ym Morganwg arddydd Gwener yr wythfed o Fis Hydref yn y Flwyddyn 1802') with an introductory note on the aims of the society (159-74); a list of the names of people ? connected with, or members of, the aforementioned Unitarian Society (175-7); a brief list of expressions or sayings in Welsh attributed to Charles Winter [Arminian Baptist] minister at Craig Fargod [co. Glamorgan] (178); a small, home-made booklet inscribed on the outside cover (203) 'Hints for a New Modification of the Rules of the South-Walian Unitarian Society, 1816', the rules themselves bearing the superscription (205) 'Rules of the S[outh] Walian Churches of Unitarian Christians coassociated for the purposes of restoring what appears to them to be the undebased Religion of Jesus Christ by an attempt to institute an Apostolical Ministry and for the diffusion of Religious and Moral knowledge by the distribution of Books' (203-18); transcripts of an unattributed 'englyn' and of five stanzas of a Welsh hymn (228); a draft version of the religious booklet published by 'Cymdeithas Dwyfundodiaid Deheubarth Cymru' under the title Holiadur neu Addysgiadau Cyffredin, Hawl ac Atteb, yn Athrawiaethau a Dyledswyddau Crefydd . . . (Merthyr Tydfil, 1814), being a translation by [Edward Williams] 'Iolo Morganwg', who describes himself as 'Bardd Cymdeithas Dwyfundodiaid Deheubarth Cymru', of the second edition of a work by J[ohn] P[rior] Estlin, possibly that author's General Instructions in the Doctrines and Duties of Religion (230- 57); draft versions of the words of six Welsh hymns, versions of five of which appear in an appendix to the aforementioned booklet called Holiadur neu Addysgiadau Cyffredin . . . (257-61); another version of the rules of the South Wales Unitarian Society to be found on pp. 159-74 above having the slightly variant title 'Rheolau a Threfniadau Cymdeithas Dwyfundodiaid Deheubarth Cymru yr honn a ymgorpholwyd ddydd Gwener yr wythfed o Fis Hydref 1802' and an extended introduction, and being followed by a list of six names, including that of Edward Williams himself, headed 'Cyfeistedd 1802', and a further list of forty-one names being those of the principal members ('prif aelodau') of the society (274-98); (continued)

Notes relating to public meetings for the purpose of religious exercises, religious discipline, etc . (310-14); incomplete critical observations on the content and poetic form of a collection of hymns by T. Evans ['Tomos Glyn Cothi'] i.e. [ Thomas Evans: Cyfansoddiad o Hymnau wedi cael eu hamcanu at Addoliad Cyhoeddus ag yn enwedig at Wasanaeth Undodiaid Cristianogol (Caerfyrddin, 1811)] (321-3); another version in Welsh of the rules of the South Wales Unitarian Society (326-38); a draft version of a letter addressed, by inference, by Edward Williams ('Iolo Morganwg') to the bishop of St. David' s referring to one of the recipient's predecessors 'Bishop [Samuel] Horseley, the cursing and swearing Horseley', the said bishop's attack on the Unitarians ('he began to cudgel the South Walian Unitarians . . . huge host of Unitarian hunters'), the stand made by the Unitarians, their formation of 'the first professedly Unitarian Congregation', the writer's sympathy for the cause, his conception of 'the idea of a Southwalian Unitarian Society for the promotion of genuine Christianity by the distribution of Books', the first annual meeting of the said society in 1802 ('18 individuals'), the growth of the society, etc. (342-5); the words, six stanzas, of a Welsh psalm tune (347); miscellanea including extracts from The Monthly Review [November 1802], The Monthly Register, November 1802, the Bishop of Landaff's charge [to the clergy], 1802, and ? The Crit[ical] Review, 1802 (350-56); transcripts of three stanzas of Welsh religious verse by [Edward Williams] 'Iolo Morganwg', an 'englyn' attributed to Wm. Moses, and three further stanzas of verse (two in Welsh and one in English) attributed to the said Wm. Moses (362-4); another version in Welsh of the rules and regulations of the South Wales Unitarian Society drawn up at a general meeting held at Gelli Onnen, co. Glamorgan, 7 October 1802 (vide above where the date is given as 8 October) (366-84); an undated list of 'Subscribers to the Unitarian Society' ? in Aberdare, Romney, and Merthyr [co. Glamorgan] (413-14); a list of fifteen topics under the superscription 'Scriptural Researches. By Edward Williams' (422); briefer versions in Welsh of eight of the rules of the aforementioned South Wales Unitarian Society with a list of the names of members and their subscriptions (426-31); further notes relating to the South Wales Unitarian Society (434-41); notes headed 'Paham yr ydwyd yn Gristion' (442- 5); ? a copy of a proposed title-page for an intended pamphlet on the existence of the devil by Edward Williams under the title 'Scriptural Researches No. 9' (450); and an incomplete English version of the introduction or preface to the rules of the aforementioned South Wales Unitarian Society (458-62).

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

Letters

Photostat facsimiles of two letters, 1864-1865, from 'Talhaiarn' to his niece Elizabeth Anne Jones, of a psalm tune composed by her with English and Welsh words by 'Talhaiarn', and of two letters, 1922, from Elizabeth Anne Jones's daughter Lilian M. Jones, Craigfechan, near Ruthin, to Sir John Ballinger, with a list of 'Talhaiarn''s material transferred to the National Library in 1922.

Llyfr tonau

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

Miscellanea,

Miscellaneous papers and fragments containing notes, transcripts, lists, copies of his own poems, etc., by Edward Williams ('Iolo Morganwg') bound together in one volume. The contents include holograph copies of Welsh poems by Edward Williams himself using the bardic names 'Iolo Morganwg', 'I[orwer] th G[wili]m', and 'Ior[wer]th Morganwg'; transcripts of Welsh strict- and free-metre poems (often incomplete) including single stanzas attributed to Huw Morus and Edward Morus (pp. 60, 65), a few stanzas attributed to Gronwy Owain (p. 78), and an 'englyn' attributed to Iorwerth Fynglwyd (p. 141), etc.; a short list of Welsh names of 'different sorts of grass or hay in Glam[organ]' (p. 32); a short list of 'Glum[organ] proverbs' (p. 42 ); draft copies or transcripts of the words of two English election songs written in connection with a parliamentary election in co. Glamorgan [? the election involving Thomas Wyndham of Dunraven Castle and Capt. Thomas Windsor, R.N., in 1789] (pp. 75-6); a ? draft version of an English poem entitled 'Bardic Institutes, a Vision Written in an ancient Bardic circle on Morlais Hill near Merthyr Tidvil, Glam.' (pp. 80-82); excerpts from the work of various Welsh poets headed 'Quotations from Bards relating to usages, Institutes, mythology, Literature, etc., of the Bards' (pp. 83-4 and possibly 193-4); an incomplete copy of an English poem 'The Royal Shepherd' (p. 87); a note in Welsh recording a meeting held at Pen y Bont ar Ogwr [Bridgend, co. Glamorgan] to celebrate victories over [Napoleon] Bonopart (p. 90); a short list of Welsh strict poetic metres headed 'Dosparth Llawdden' (p. 101); a very brief note on 'Lords Halls of Courts and Justice at Coyty, Lantwit, St. Brides, St. Athan, Penmark, [and] Lancarvan [co. Glamorgan]' and 'Baronial Court Halls' of the vale of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire (p. 103); a list in Welsh of some of the traditional customs and pastimes of Glamorgan ('Hen Arferion a Defodau Morganwg') (pp. 105-06); an anecdote relating to Morgan ab Ithel o Forganwg, Hywel Dda, and Blegywryd (p. 107); an anecdote relating to efforts made to deprive the Welsh of education subsequent to the rebellion of Owain Glyndwr, the renewal or spread of the practice of writing by inscribing on wood, and the teaching of this practice to the bards of Gwynedd and Powis by Ieuan ap Hywel Swrdwal and Llawdden Fardd (pp. 115- 116); notes relating to Welsh poetic metres (pp. 139-40, 142, 183-4); a non-chronological list of events in English and Welsh history, 852-1415 ( pp. 143 + 48); a prose tale entitled 'Ystori Rhitta Gawr' (p. 144); statistical tables giving the population of twenty-one parishes in the hundred of Swansea [co. Glamorgan], and four parishes in the hundred of Carnawllon, Caermarthenshire, 1811 (p. 145); brief notes containing speculation as to the state of the province of Siluria [south-east Wales] at the time of the Roman withdrawal, with references to the ancient seminary at Carlion, place names reminiscent of the 'first Planters' of Christianity in the province, monumental inscriptions, etc. (p. 149); ? draft versions or transcripts of the words of Welsh psalm or hymn tunes (pp. 166-7); medicinal recipes in Welsh (pp. 187-90); notes on the 'corfan' or metrical foot in the class of poems called 'dyriau' (p. 184, second sequence); a list of towns, etc., in co. Glamorgan headed 'Town Halls of [ ]' (p- 195); miscellaneous Welsh word lists; miscellaneous triads; extracts from the works of various Welsh bards; and other miscellanea. Some of the notes have been written on the reverse of a promissory note signed by Edward Williams ('Iolo Morganwg') in London, 13 January 1794 (p. 96), the reverse side of an account rendered by Thos. Williams, marble mason, to Hercules Clarke, mason, in respect of a chimneypiece (pp. 164 + 169), and the reverse side and margins of a copy of printed proposals, May 1799, for publishing a periodical to be called Eurgrawn Cymraeg neu Drysorfa Gwybodaeth (pp. 187 + 190).

Miscellaneous transcripts,

Loose papers containing transcripts, 1831, by Thomas Williams and R. Williams from Hengwrt MS 306; a 'carol plygain', bills, receipts, recipes, accounts, fragments of Welsh psalms and hymns probably belonging to the Reverend Thomas Richards, Darowen.

Music

Hymn-tunes and psalm-tunes in two- and three-part harmony, together with a copy of W. Owen, Y Caniedydd Crefyddol (1828), and a Welsh translation by David Harris, Carno, of John Wesley's advice on congregational singing.

Music

Hymn-tunes and psalm-tunes in four-part harmony.

Music

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

Music

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

Music

A music book in the autograph of Hugh Morris, containing the bass part to several psalm-tunes.

Music

A music book containing tenor and bass parts to mainly psalm-tunes.

Music

Psalms, hymn-tunes, and carols composed by David Harris (Carno), David Jones (Caio), and others. Included are two Breton airs.

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