Fonds GB 0210 MSCWRTMUS - Cwrtmawr Music Manuscripts,

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.

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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

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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;

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Physical storage

  • Text: Cwrtmawr Music MSS 1-51.