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- Ffeil / File
- [1979]
Ink score with pencil annotations, for the part of Clarinet 2 in Opus 48: 'Princes of Gwynedd' [1979].
Ink score with pencil annotations, for the part of Clarinet 2 in Opus 48: 'Princes of Gwynedd' [1979].
Ink score with pencil annotations, for the part of Horn 2 in Opus 48: 'Princes of Gwynedd' [1979].
Ink score with pencil annotations, for the part of Horn 4 in Opus 48: 'Princes of Gwynedd' [1979].
Ink score with pencil annotations, for the part of Celeste in Opus 48: 'Princes of Gwynedd' [1979].
Culhwch and Olwen: An Entertainment
Facsimile copy of ink score with pencil annotations, titled 'Culhwch and Olwen: An Entertainment', and including notes listing all instrument parts and performers; instructions for narrator, choral speech, chorus, percussion, and piano duet; and pronunciation of Welsh names. Composed by William Mathias and originally commissioned for the 1967 Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales, Bala.
Opus 3: Incidental Music to Antigone (original)
Original ink score, titled 'Opus 3: Incidental Music to Antigone', and based on Jean Anouilh's version of Sophocles' tragedy 'Antigone', translated from the French by Lewis Galantière. The work is in two parts: 'Overture', dated 28 October-6 November 1953; and 'Introduction to Act II', dated 6-10 November 1953. Commissioned by the University College of Wales Dramatics Society, for a production at Aberystwyth of Jean Anouilh’s ‘Antigone’, November 1953, and recorded at Aberystwyth on 13th November, 1953, performed by: A.B. Thomas & J. Cynan Jones (horns); Hugh Jones (bassoon); Delwyn Tibbott (trombone); Jayne Filer (timpani); Edward Bor (violin 1); Jeffrey Francis (violin 2); Raymond Jeremy (viola); John Clapham (cello); and William Mathias (piano).
Opus 20: Quintet for Piano and Strings
Facsimile copy of ink score for all instrument parts with pencil annotations, dated 25 October 1964 and titled 'Opus 20: Quintet for Piano and Strings'. The file also includes the score written as separate parts for violins 1 and 2, viola, and cello, in ink with pencil annotations. Commissioned for the Aberystwyth Arts Festival, 1964.
Opus 1: Introduction (Quasi Notturno) and Allegro Scherzoso for String Quintet
Ink score with pencil annotations, dated April-May 1952, titled Opus 1: 'Introduction (Quasi Notturno) and Allegro Scherzoso for String Quintet', based on the Welsh folk melodies ‘Hun Gwenllian’ and ‘Hela’r 'Sgyfarnog’. The score includes parts for violins 1 and 2, viola, and cellos 1 and 2. A title note added indicates that this piece was first performed at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, March 1953, and was awarded a prize at the National Eisteddfod, Aberystwyth, 1952. Dedicated to Grace Williams.
Opus 9: Sinfonia da Camera (Horae Canonicae) for Chamber Ensemble (facsimile)
Facsimile copy of rough score in ink, dated July 1956 - March 1959, titled Opus 9: 'Sinfonia da Camera (Horae Canonicae) for Chamber Ensemble', incorporating flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, oboe, cor anglais, bassoon, trumpet, horn, trombone, violin, viola, and violoncello. Dedicated to Professor and Mrs Ian Parrott.
Opus 10b: Three Ricerari for String Quartet (bound facsimile with address note)
Bound facsimile copy of score, 1957, titled Opus 10b: 'Three Ricerari for String Quartet', including 'Ricercare 1' (dated 12th January 1957); 'Ricercare 2' (dated 10th May 1957); and 'Ricercare 3' (dated 24th July 1957). The score contains parts for violins 1 and 2, viola, and violoncello.
Opus 8 No.2: Three Stanzas for Violin and Violoncello
Ink score, dated February 1959, titled Opus 8 No.2: 'Three Stanzas for Violin and Violoncello'. First composed May-June 1956, with this copy transcribed in February 1959.
Opus 12: Epithalamium for Two Violins (original)
Ink score, dated 11th January 1961, of the work titled Opus 12: 'Epithalamium for Two Violins'. The first page is wanting.
Opus 15: Clarinet Quintet (draft)
Draft score in ink and pencil, dated 3rd January-19th May 1962, titled Opus 15: 'Clarinet Quintet' and for performance at the Cheltenham Festival, 1962. The score also includes a typed programme note for the Cheltenham Festival brochure, 1962, signed by David Harries.
Opus 17: Variations for Clarinet and Piano (original)
Ink score, dated February-11th April 1963, titled Opus 17: 'Variations for Clarinet and Piano'. Originally commissioned for the Guild for the Promotion of Welsh Music, 1963.
Opus 20: Quintet for Piano and Strings
Ink score, dated 25th October 1964, titled Opus 20: 'Quintet for Piano and Strings'. Commissioned for the Aberystwyth Arts Festival 1964, and including parts for violins 1 and 2, viola, cello, and piano.
Opus 25 No.1: Sonatina for Cello
Ink score, dated 1967, titled Opus 25 No.1 'Sonatina for Cello'. In memory of Harold Lewis.
Opus 26: Six Impromptus for Piano
Facsimile copy of ink score, dated January 1968, and titled Opus 26: 'Six Impromptus for Piano'. The work was commissioned by Geoffrey Buckley, and was first performed at the Purcell Room, London, on 30 January 1968. The facsimile includes a note in pencil: ''For return to Mr Geoffrey Buckley at recording'. Also included in the file is a published copy of David Harries' 'Four Impromptus' (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1969).
Two copies of a score, with one being a facsimile of ink copy and one in ink with pencil annotations, [1969], titled Opus 32: 'Sinfonietta'. The score includes parts for violins 1 and 2, viola, violoncello, cello, horns 1 and 2, trumpets 1 and 2, trombones 1 and 2, bass, timpani, and percussion.
Fanfare for the occasion of the official opening of the Welsh College of Music and Drama
Ink score, dated 30th May 1977, and titled 'Fanfare for the Occasion of the official opening of the Welsh College of Music and Drama by her Majesty the Queen on 24th June 1977'. The score includes parts for trumpet, trombone, horn, tuba, timpani, and percussion.
Opus 45: Canticle No.2: Five Poems of Roland Mathias for Voice and Piano (partial score)
Partial score, in ink and pencil, [1978], titled Opus 45: 'Canticle No.2: Five Poems of Roland Mathias For Voice and Piano'. The score was originally commissioned by the Cardiff Festival of 20th Century Music, with the assistance of the Welsh Arts Council.