- NLW MS 13759E.
- File
- 1927 /
A cyclostyled copy of 'Alawon Gwerin Cymru, Detholiad yr Ysgol Wyliau Gymraeg' by Philip Thomas (NLW MS 13758D). This copy lacks the song 'O do, mi a glywais'.
Philip Thomas.
A cyclostyled copy of 'Alawon Gwerin Cymru, Detholiad yr Ysgol Wyliau Gymraeg' by Philip Thomas (NLW MS 13758D). This copy lacks the song 'O do, mi a glywais'.
Philip Thomas.
Two notebooks containing an essay, [20 cent, first ¼], by Philip Thomas on Welsh folk tunes. Included is an account of the custom of hunting the wren (ff. 53-4 verso).
A number of leaves have been inserted at the end of the second volume (ff. 49-58).
Philip Thomas.
Manuscript of 'Alawon Gwerin Cymru, Detholiad yr Ysgol Wyliau Gymraeg' by Philip Thomas, with a preface and introduction by J. Lloyd Williams, Aberystwyth (ff. 7-11). It was published as Alawon Gwerin Cymru. Detholiad yr Ysgol Wyliau Gymraeg gan Philip Thomas (s.l.: Trafodion yr Ysgol Wyliau Gymraeg, rhif III, 1927).
Philip Thomas.
Arrangements of traditional melodies,
Part of Mansel Thomas Music Manuscripts,
Manuscript scores (without words) of arrangements of (mostly Welsh) folk songs for solo voice.
A volume containing hymn-tunes and folk-tunes together with an index to the tunes, written in a mid-nineteenth century hand (ff. 73-209), bound together with a copy of William Owen, Prysgol, Y Perl Cerddorol... (Caernarfon, 1852) (ff. 7-72). A note in pencil on f. 1, probably in the hand of Philip Thomas, suggesting 'Shenkin Dounie, Harpist, Neath' to have been the scribe is probably an error for John Dounie [Downey], harpist, the Mera, Neath (see E. E. Williams, 'The queen of the Mera', Neath Antiquarian Society Transactions (1979), 6-7). Also included is a printed advertisement for John Ambrose Lloyd, Casgliad o Donau... (1843) (f. 210).
Cymanfa Alawon Gwerin, Maesteg,
A notebook into which have been pasted pages of the printed programme of 'Cymanfa Alawon Gwerin', held at Tabor, Maesteg, 9 February 1927, under the auspices of Cymrodorion Maesteg, with additions in the hand of Philip Thomas.
Philip Thomas.
Edward Jones letter, national airs,
Part of Edward Jones printed works,
A copy of Edward Jones, Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards ... (London, 1794), with a few annotations by John Dovaston. Among items tipped in are transcripts by Edward Jones of Welsh, English and Irish airs (ff. 1, 73, 106) and a letter from him to Dovaston, 16 January 1817, concerning Welsh folk-tunes and other national airs (ff. 74-75). The letter is in answer to Dovaston's letter of 25 December 1816, which is part of Cardiff MS 4.130.
Edward Jones and John Dovaston.
Mini-variations on a Welsh theme,
Part of Mansel Thomas Music Manuscripts,
Manuscript piano sketches ('before brass scoring') of 'Mini-variations on a Welsh theme', along with a set of orchestral parts. Based on the Welsh folk tune 'Hob y deri dando': Deheubarth-South Wales Version.
Welsh traditional melody arrangements,
Part of Mansel Thomas Music Manuscripts,
Arrangements by Mansel Thomas of Welsh folk songs for male voices.
Welsh traditional melody arrangements,
Part of Mansel Thomas Music Manuscripts,
Manuscript scores of arrangements by Mansel Thomas of traditional Welsh folk songs for mixed voices.