Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [18 cent., second ½] / (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
39 ff. (ff. 29-39 verso inverted text) ; 95 x 160 mm. Quarter-leather, originally quarter-leather and paper covers over boards, spine repaired with paper, 19 cent.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
'Richard Jones his Book 1759' (inside back cover), 'Mary Richards Darowen 1870' [sister of 'Dewi Silin'] (inside front cover).
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Tune book, compiled mainly during the second half of the eighteenth century, containing psalm-tunes and anthems, with some accompanying words in English and Welsh. Annotations identify David Richards ('Dewi Silin', 1783-1826) as the copyist of two of the tunes (ff. 29 verso, 35 verso).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Musical notation, English, Welsh.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Available on microfilm at the Library.
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: Cwrtmawr Music MS 2 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
Alternative identifier(s)
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Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Richards, David, 1783-1826 (Subject)