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Preparatory notes for lectures and addresses on congregational singing, including material relating specifically to the Gymanfa Ganu and to the conducting of congregational singing. A few notes relating to conducting in general are also included.
Notes relating to Welsh carols and their characteristics.
Miscellaneous notes and quotations from various publications, some relating to 'Carolau Haf'. The file also includes a letter from Grace Gwyneddon Davies and biographical notes on Llew Tegid, R. Gwyneddon Davies and W. O. Jones ('Eos y Gogledd').
Davies, Grace Gwyneddon
References to articles, hymn tunes, lists of publications, &c., from Cerddor y Cymry, 1883.
Characteristics of Welsh music
A lecture on the characteristics of Welsh music delivered by J. Lloyd Williams to Cymdeithas Caredigion Cerdd, Pwllheli, December 1937.
A University College of North Wales Class Register containing the attendance records of members of the College's Royal Choir, July 1911, and Graduation Choir, November 1911. A programme of music for the graduation ceremony, November 1906, in J. Lloyd Williams's hand, is also included.
Notebooks containing names and addresses of singers or collectors of folk songs and useful contacts.
Colwyn Bay and Carmarthen competitions
A selection by J. Lloyd Williams from collections of folk-songs entered for competition at Colwyn Bay Eisteddfod, 1910, including those of W. O. Jones ('Eos y Gogledd') and T. Soley Thomas. A manuscript music book containing selections from Soley Thomas's collection for the Carmarthen Eisteddfod, 1911, for which he won first prize, is also included.
Jones, William Owen, 1868-1928
A chronological comparative list of airs in Antient [sic] British Music by John Parry and Evan Williams, British Harmony by John Parry, and Relicks of the Welsh Bards by Edward Jones.
A composite volume comprising a manuscript copy of an English text-book entitled 'An introduction to Psalmody, of Tuning the Voice, with several Graces necessary to Harmony'; extracts from a book on the 'Keyed Bugle'; a Welsh treatise on music; and a few Welsh and English airs.
A composite volume including a printed copy of Goulding and D'almaine's German Flute Tutor ...; a treatise on music with particular reference to instrumental music; a collection of Welsh and English airs followed by some poetry by Robert ap Gwilym Ddu and Dewi Wyn o Eifion.
Williams, Robert, 1766-1850
Notices of concerts, 1885 and 1892, in which J. Lloyd Williams was the accompanist, minutes of a meeting of the Garn Juvenile Choir, August 1882, and the programme of a 'Magic Lantern' held at Garn schoolroom, November 1884.
A typescript copy of a lecture entitled 'Congregational singing in Nonconformist Wales', delivered by J. Lloyd Williams at Harlech in August 1941; an exercise book containing an address/lecture entitled 'Caniadaeth y Cysegr'; manuscript notes of a lecture on the same topic delivered at Trawsfynydd in 1929, Treherbert, 1940 and Ystradgynlais, 1941; notes of lectures relating to hymn tunes given in 1938 and 1942; and preparatory notes for the president's address at a singing festival in Aberystwyth, April 1917.
Contributions, consisting of folk songs and sacred music, from various individuals to J. Lloyd Williams for publication in Y Cerddor. They include songs and arrangements by David de Lloyd and T. Hopkin Evans. Related letters are also sometimes included.
De Lloyd, David, 1883-1948
An unbound copy, [?1944], of Y Tri Thelynor, and two annotated typescript drafts. Correspondence, 1943-1944, relating to the publication of the work, together with photographs and miscellaneous notes, are also included.
Papers, 1913-1938, relating to the copyright of Aelwyd Angharad.
A receipt, 1920, by Llew Tegid relating to the literary rights of Cadifor.
Correspondence, 1912-1934, relating to performances and a second publication of the work. A balance sheet relating to performances at Ruthin in 1938 is also included.
Personal correspondence, including family letters and correspondence with friends, acquaintances and publishers.
Correspondence relating to folk songs and the work of the Welsh Folk-Song Society, Y Cerddor, the National Council of Music, the publication and performance of J. Lloyd Williams's own compositions and also to various aspects of the musical life of Wales. Letters from some correspondents appear in more than one series.