Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [1775x1825]. (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
29 ff. ; 95 x 160 mm. Quarter-leather and marbled paper over boards, paper repair to spine, 19 cent.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Signature of Rowland Evans, 1788, inside back cover; printed label, 1843, of the Reverend T[homas] Richards (1785-1855), Llangynyw, Montgomeryshire, inside front cover, together with the signature of his sister, Mair Richards, Darowen, who also added titles to several of the tunes.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Tune book, first compiled in the late eighteenth century, containing hymn-tunes, psalm-tunes, and folk-tunes. The tunes include 'La Carmagnole' (ff. 2 verso-3), 'Llangadvan Tune' (ff. 4 verso-5 verso), a carol entitled 'Griffith ap Cynan' (f. 7 verso), and a canon for 3 voices by Richard E[llis] (f. 16).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Item: 1.1 Manuscript Volume (Cwrtmawr Music MS 3). Action: Condition reviewed. Action identifier: 6067291. Date: 20040721. Authorization: Selected for conservation. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: J. Thomas. Status: Manuscript Volume (Cwrtmawr Music MS 5) : Surface dirt, ink and finger marks, acidic ink, brittle edges to pages, front board detached, all corners damaged, caps both missing, all covering material worn, spine overlaid with two layers of paper, boards soft and repaired with paper patches. Institution: WlAbNL.
Item: 1.2 Manuscript Volume (Cwrtmawr Music MS 5). Action: Conserved. Action identifier: 6067291. Date: 20050520. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: J. Jenkins. Status: Manuscript Volume (Cwrtmawr Music MS 5) : Rebound volume using original materials where possible. Institution: WlAbNL.
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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.
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 5 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].