Identity area
Reference code
GB 0210 MSCWRTMUS
Title
Cwrtmawr Music Manuscripts,
Date(s)
- [18 cent., first ½]-1925. (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
52 volumes.
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
John Humphreys Davies; Donation and bequest; 1926
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Music manuscripts in the Cwrtmawr collection, comprising 18th-20th century tune-books containing both sacred and secular music.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged as Cwrtmawr Music MSS 1-51.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Access to the original manuscripts by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- Welsh
- English
- French
Script of material
Language and script notes
Musical notation, Welsh, English, French.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
MSS 1-50ii are available on microfilm at the Library.
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
These descriptions supersede those printed in the Library's Handlist of Music MSS (1934), ff. 12-62.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
vtls006067080
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Cwrt Mawr Estate (Wales) -- Archives. (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales
Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
2004.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Maredudd ap Huw & Ceridwen Lloyd Morgan;