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Dr J. Lloyd Williams Music MSS and Papers Series
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Accumulated manuscript volumes

Manuscript volumes, previously in the possession of musicians, collectors or precentors, and accumulated by Dr J. Lloyd Williams. Many were evidently acquired by him from J. H. Davies, Cwrt-mawr, and contain mainly folk songs and hymn tunes, recorded in eighteenth and nineteenth century Wales.

Aelwyd Angharad

Manuscript and printed scores, together with related correspondence and papers, 1899-1938, relating to the cantata 'Aelwyd Angharad' by J. Lloyd Williams, words by Llew Tegid.

Cadifor

Manuscript scores, libretto, sketches and other papers, [?1900]-1922, relating to the light opera Cadifor by J. Lloyd Williams and Llew Tegid.

Correspondence

Letters, 1892-1942, many from prominent botanists, mainly covering the period J. Lloyd Williams spent studying at the Royal College of Science, South Kensington, 1893-1897, as an assistant lecturer in the Department of Botany and Agricultural Botany at the University College of North Wales, Bangor, 1897-1915, and as Professor of Botany at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, from 1915 until his retirement in 1925.

Diaries

Diaries and memo books of various sizes, containing entries relating to his daily activities and, to a great extent, the role played by music in his life. Entries refecting his work as a collector of folk songs and as editor of the Journal of the Welsh Folk-Song Society occur regularly. References reflecting his vocation as a botanist are sometimes included, particularly in the earlier diaries, and are noted at the appropriate file level descriptions.

Folk songs and Welsh Folk-Song Society

Correspondence relating to folk songs in general and individually, and to the work of the Welsh Folk-Song Society, consisting of letters to J. Lloyd Williams mainly in his role as editor of the Society's Journal. Letters addressed to other members of the Society, which had been forwarded to J. Lloyd Williams, are also included. Songs are often enclosed with letters.

General correspondence

Correspondence, 1899-1945, reflecting the various aspects of J. Lloyd Williams's interest in the music of Wales. Amongst the topics discussed are singing festivals, lectures, concerts, broadcasting and the publication and performance of his own works. Some letters also include references to Y Cerddor, and to the work of the Welsh Folk-Song Society.

Individual collections and selections

Collections of folk songs, carols and ballads, including those of members of the Canorion and Welsh Folk-Song Society, and eisteddfodic competitors. The collections of J. Lloyd Williams himself are also included, together with his transcripts of individual manuscripts compiled by others, and printed sources.

Miscellaneous collections

Contributions from collectors of folk songs, some including related correspondence. Most of the songs came into the possession of J. Lloyd Williams as editor of the Journal of the Welsh Folk-Song Society. Collections and transcripts by J. Lloyd Williams himself are also included, often in his preferred sol-fa notation, together with arrangements by him and others. Details of collectors are also included.

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