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David Lloyd Papers Series
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Correspondence

The series comprises personal correspondence, 1938-1969, including letters from friends and admirers, many relating to stage and television performances, and letters from David Lloyd to his family.

Diaries

The series comprises five diaries kept by David Lloyd during his hospital stays in 1959 and 1969 and a journal kept during his visit to the USA and Canada in 1961.

Correspondence

The series comprises correspondence, 1935-1937, between David Lloyd and the Director of Education, Flintshire County Council, relating to the renewal of his scholarship to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Term reports

The series consists of term reports, 1934-1939, relating to David Lloyd's progress at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. These were written and signed by his tutors and include a number of reports in the hand of Professor Walter Hyde under whom he studied singing. Two cards noting examination marks, 1934, are also included.

Hyde, Walter, 1875-1951

Certificates

The series consists of certificates of prizes awarded to David Lloyd at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, 1934-1938, and include certificates of the Catherine Howard Prize for tenors, 1934, the Gold Medal of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, 1937 and the Knill Challenge Cup and Silver Medal, 1938.

Lecture notes

The series comprises a small group of lecture notes, 1934, mainly on the history of music.

Printed ephemera

The series compries a printed list of medals, prizes, scholarships and diplomas presented by the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, October 1934, a programme of the reception and ball held at the Guildhall in honour of King George V, 1935 and a summer term fixtures card, 1938.

Letters to David Lloyd

The series comprises letters of a professional nature, 1932-1965, relating mainly to David Lloyd's concert engagements.

Press cuttings

The series comprises photocopies of press cuttings, [c. 1930]-1969, consisting mainly of reviews of performances.

Contracts

The series comprises contracts, 1935-1965, relating to David Lloyd's career and a small group of financial papers, including receipts and details of fees and expenses.

BBC scripts

The series consists of scripts for the BBC radio programmes 'Cadw'r Mis', 1962-1963, which David Lloyd presented and 'Music in Wales', January [?1953], in which David Lloyd featured; together with holograph autobiographical notes relating to his childhood.

Adjudications

The series consists of preliminary test adjudications by David Lloyd for the Dr Vaughan Thomas Memorial Prize at the Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales, Swansea and District, 1964.

Glyndebourne

The series comprises David Lloyd's contracts, 1938-1939, with the Glyndebourne Festival and reviews of his performances in the roles of Macduff in Verdi's 'Macbeth' and Don Octavio in Mozart's 'Don Giovanni' at the festival.

Glyndebourne Festival Opera

Visit to Copenhagen

The series comprises a carbon copy of a letter, October 1938, from David Lloyd to Ela Busch relating to his forthcoming visit to Copenhagen, and press cuttings in Danish, November 1938, with some English translations, relating to his performance in Verdi's 'Requiem'.

USA and Canada tour

The series comprises mainly correspondence, postcards and programmes relating to David Lloyd's tour of the USA and Canada in 1961, during which he gave concerts and conducted singing festivals.

Concert programmes and tickets

The series comprises concert programmes, 1925-1963, and a few tickets to concerts in which David Lloyd took part. There are no programmes for the period 1954-1960 following his accident in 1954 and a few programmes are undated. The earliest programme includes a solo by David Lloyd (David George Lloyd) at a concert at Trelogan County School in 1925.