- X1/1.
- Ffeil
- [1930x1986].
Manuscript score of 'Y wlad well', music by R.S. Hughes. Orchestration by Mansel Thomas with full score and orchestral parts.
Manuscript score of 'Y wlad well', music by R.S. Hughes. Orchestration by Mansel Thomas with full score and orchestral parts.
Manuscript score of the anthem 'O brynwr mawr y byd', by John Goss, with string orchestration by Mansel Thomas. Includes a full score and parts for strings.
Manuscript score of 'The crusaders', by D. Protheroe. Orchestration of a chorus for male choir by Mansel Thomas. Full score and orchestral parts.
Volume containing the full score of the cantata 'God is our hope and strength' words from the 46th Psalm, submitted as part of his B.Mus. degree from Durham University.
Manuscript sketches and drafts relating to his arrangement of 'The Lords Prayer'. Versions 'expressly for Denis Walker and the Llanwenarth Baptist chapel choir ....', 1981.
Manuscript sketches, drafts and text, relating to his arrangement of 'Psalm 14'.
Manuscript sketches of arrangements for carols comprising parts for strings, wind and brass. Pieces include: 'Hark the Herald', 'Away in a manger', 'O come all ye faithful', 'Once in Royal David City'. A second group of parts for strings: Carols for Colwinston Church (1961) arrangement for string quartet: 'Once in Royal David's city', Hark the Herald angels sing', 'The first nowell', While shepherds watch their flocks', O come all ye faithful', 'Away in a manger', 'Cwm Rhondda', 'O little town of Bethlehem'.
Mansel Thomas Music Manuscripts,
The music manuscripts, 1927-1986, of Mansel Thomas, comprising music for male voice choirs, mixed choirs, youth and female voices, solo songs, and instrumental compositions. They consist mainly of Christmas music, hymn-tunes, liturgical music, arrangements of Welsh traditional melodies, secular music and solo songs, the majority of which have been published by the Mansel Thomas Trust and the Cwmni Cyhoeddi Gwynn Publishing Company. Some manuscripts are in the hand of copyists and may contain later notes and additions.
Thomas, Mansel, 1909-1986.
Material relating to the life of Mansel Thomas.
Manuscript orchestral and vocal scores of Christmas choral works, mainly carols, composed or arranged by Mansel Thomas for mixed voices.
Manuscript orchestral and vocal scores and orchestral parts of 'Ding, dong merrily on high', [a 16th cent. French tune], arranged for mixed voices, Llandough, December 1961. Published Magor: Mansel Thomas Trust, Ref: MT091 [1998?].
Manuscript orchestral score (without words) and orchestral parts of 'Caneuon yr Wyl', being an arrangement of five carols. Published Magor: Mansel Thomas Trust, Ref: MT086 [1998?].
Canodd y sêr = Stars in their courses,
Manuscript score of 'Canodd y sêr = Stars in their courses' (Welsh words, Lady Amy Parry-Williams), for unaccompanied mixed voices. Published Wendover: Roberton, 1985.
Manuscript orchestral score (without words) of an arrangement of the carol 'Adeste fideles', for male voices and orchestra. Includes orchestral parts in C maj. and B.
Manuscript orchestral and vocal scores of Christmas music composed or arranged by Mansel Thomas for solo voice, unison voices or for two or three voices.
Three manuscript scores, one incomplete, of 'The Dulas carol' for solo/unison voices and piano. Published Magor: Mansel Thomas Trust, Ref: MT097 [1998?].
Meditation on the Coventry Carol,
Manuscript score and instrumental parts of 'Meditation on the Coventry carol' for string quartet (violin I, violin II, viola, cello). Published Magor: Mansel Thomas Trust, Ref: MT100 [1998?].
Manuscript score of 'Old folks at home' (words and melody by Stephen Foster), arranged for T.T.B.B. unaccompanied male voices, dated November 1971. The score includes sol-fa notation and piano accompaniment for rehearsal purposes only. Welsh/English version ('Cân yr alltud - Old folks at home') published by Cwmni Cyhoeddi Gwynn, [c. 1983].
Manuscript score of an arrangement of 'Sea fever' by John Ireland. Published Stainer & Ball, c. 1989.