Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- [1793x1850] / (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
23 ff. (ff. 18-24 originally a separate gathering) ; 125 x 160 mm. Full calf.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Signatures include John Thomas (ff. 1, 3), Elizabeth Thomas (inside front cover, f. 7), Griffith Ellis, Barmouth (ff. 3 verso-4), William Ellis (f. 4), Harry Jones and William Jones, Barmouth (ff. 5 verso-6), and various pentrials dated 1799-1800.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Tune book apparently first compiled 1793, by John Thomas (f. 1), containing psalm-tunes, to which were added, 1810s, various accounts and memoranda by E. Jones (note inside back cover), and, later during the first half of the nineteenth century, a collection of traditional and popular tunes (ff. 18-24); with annotations in the hand of Mair Richards, Darowen. Accompanying words are mainly in Welsh.
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, Welsh, 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 12 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
Alternative identifier(s)
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Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Thomas, John, fl. 1793 (Subject)
- Richards, Mary, 1787-1877 (Subject)