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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.

Bound facsimile copy of a rough score, dated July 1956-March 1959, titled Opus 9: 'Sinfonia da Camera (Horae Canonicae) For Chamber Ensemble' and including a typewritten note (unsigned). The rough score incorporates parts for flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, oboe, cor anglais, bassoon, trumpet, horn, trombone, violin, viola, and violoncello. Dedicated to Professor and Mrs Ian Parrott.

Ink score, dated January-July 1957, titled Opus 10: 'Three Ricercari for String Quartet', including 'Ricercare 1' with parts for violins 1 and 2, viola, and cello.

Facsimile copy of ink score, dated 24th July 1957, titled Opus 10b: 'Three Ricercari 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 incorporates parts for violins 1 and 2, viola, and violoncello.

Draft score in ink with pencil annotations, dated 1956-1961 and titled Opus 10: 'Canticle for Tenor and Piano: Words by 20th-century Anglo-Welsh Poets'. The score is in six parts: Part 1, 'Lean on the Rail' by Randal Jenkins, dated 1 - 12 January 1957; Part 2, 'I Will Give you a Golden Flower' by David Harries, dated 16 December 1956; Part 3, 'Lie Still, Sleep Becalmed' by Dylan Thomas, dated 24 July 1957; Part 4, 'When I was a Child' by R. S. Thomas, dated 24 November 1959; Part 5, 'Is There a Cause?' by Vernon Watkins, dated 21 April 1960; and Part 7, 'There is No Time' by Raymond Garlick, as a loose page draft pencil partial score, dated 24 January 1961. Part 6 is wanting.

Ink score in three parts, dated 14 July 1993, and titled Opus 67: 'Three Songs for Tenor and Piano: Settings of Poems by Wilfred Owen'. The piece was originally composed to commemorate the centenary of Wilfred Owen's birth, and in memory of the composer's friend William Mathias. It was commissioned by the Fishguard Music Festival, 1993, in association with the Welsh Arts Council, and was first performed at the Fishguard Music Festival by Maldwyn Davies, tenor, and the composer.

Facsimile copy of ink score, dated 1995, and titled Opus 68: 'Dathlu ’95'. The file also includes a copy of the words by Meirion W. Jones. Commissioned to celebrate one hundred years of higher education in Fishguard.

Ink score with pencil annotations, dated 1956-1961 and titled Opus 10: 'Canticle for Tenor and Piano: Words by 20th-century Anglo-Welsh Poets'. The score is in seven parts: Part 1, 'Lean on the Rail' by Randal Jenkins, dated 12 January 1957; Part 2, 'I Will Give you a Golden Flower' by David Harries, dated 16 December 1956; Part 3, 'Lie Still, Sleep Becalmed' by Dylan Thomas, dated 24 July 1957; Part 4, 'When I was a Child' by R. S. Thomas, dated 24 November 1959; Part 5, 'Is There a Cause?' by Vernon Watkins, dated 21 April 1960; Part 6, 'In the Grass Gold Rings' by Roland Mathias, dated 10 May 1957; Part 7, 'There is No Time' by Raymond Garlick, dated 24 January 1961.

Facsimile copy of ink score, dated 1956-1961, titled Opus 10: 'Canticle for Voice and Piano', and incorporating 'Words by Twentieth-Century Anglo-Welsh Poets'. Consisting of Part 1, 'Lean on the Rail' by Randal Jenkins, dated 12 January 1957; Part 2, 'I Will Give you a Golden Flower' by David Harries, dated16 December 1956; Part 3, 'Lie Still, Sleep Becalmed' by Dylan Thomas, dated 24 July 1957; Part 4, 'When I Was a Child' by R. S. Thomas, dated 24 November 1959; Part 5, 'Is There a Cause?' by Vernon Watkins, dated 21 April 1960; Part 6, 'In the Grass Gold Rings' by Roland Mathias, dated 10 May 1957; and Part 7, 'There is No Time' by Raymond Garlick, dated 24 January 1961.

Facsimile copy of ink score, dated 8 June 1966 and titled Opus 23: 'A Little Cantata: Ten Traditional Rhymes for Children’s Voices and Piano'. Including works based on the rhymes 'Blow, Wind, Blow'; 'Wine and Cakes'; 'Peter'; 'Terence McDiddler'; 'Tommy Trot'; 'Three a-bed'; 'Pipe, Cat'; 'Grey Goose'; 'Barber'; and 'Four Winds'. Dedicated to Catrin and Ceri.

Facsimile copy of ink score, dated October 1967, and titled Opus 27: 'Neithiwr: Cân i Denor a'r Piano,' ('A Song for Tenor and Piano'). With words by Alun Jones. Originally commissioned by the BBC, 1967.

One facsimile copy and one ink copy of anthem, dated January 1977, and titled Opus 42: 'Dinas Gadarn'. Includes a typewritten note (unsigned) stating that the anthem was commissioned for the 700th anniversary of the Borough of Aberystwyth by Royston Harvard and the Madrigal Singers, University College Wales, Aberystwyth.

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.

Ink score in five parts, [1978], titled Opus 45: 'Canticle No.2: Five Poems of Roland Mathias for Voice & Piano'. The score was commissioned by the Cardiff Festival of 20th Century Music, with the assistance of the Welsh Arts Council.

Facsimile copy of ink score, dated 1989, and titled Opus 61: ‘Winter World: The Last Three Sonnets of Gerard Manley Hopkins for Baritone & Piano'. The score was originally commissioned for the North Wales Music Festival, 1989, in association with the Welsh Arts Council.

Ink score with pencil annotations, of a 1959 revision of the work titled Opus 1: ‘Nocturne and Scherzo for Orchestra’, including parts for clarinet, violins 1 and 2, viola, violoncello, oboe, bassoon, timpani, flute, trumpet, and horns 1 and 2. The piece was first written in 1952 as 'Introduction (Quasi Notturno) and Allegro Scherzoso' for string quintet, based on the Welsh folk-melodies 'Hun Gwenllian' and 'Hela'r 'Sgyfarnog'. The original piece was awarded a prize in the composition section at the National Eisteddfod of Wales, Aberystwyth (1952), and was first performed at University College Wales, Aberystwyth, in 1953.

Ink score, dated 1974, and titled Opus 37: 'Overture: The Three Men'. Includes parts for flutes, oboes, clarinets, cornets, trumpets, trombones, bass trombone, timpani, percussion, violins 1 and 2, viola, violoncello, cello, and bass. The work was originally commissioned for the Llandaff Festival, 1974, with assistance from the Welsh Arts Council.

Facsimile copy of ink score with pencil annotations, [1976], titled Opus 40: 'Symphony No.1'. Includes parts for flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns 1, 2, 3, and 4, trumpets 1 and 2, trombones 1 and 2, bass, timpani, percussion, violins 1 and 2, viola, violoncello, and cello. The work was originally commissioned by the Fishguard Music Festival in association with the Welsh Arts Council, [1976]. Dedicated to Alwena Harries.

Two facsimile copies of ink score, dated April-May 1985, and titled Opus 53: 'Myfyrdod: Contemplation for Orchestra’. Includes parts for tenor trombones 1 and 2, bass trombone, tuba, timpani, percussion, violins 1 and 2, viola, violoncello, cello, flutes 1, 2, and 3, oboes 1 and 2, clarinets 1 and 2, bass clarinet, bassoons 1, 2, and 3, trumpets 1 and 2, and harps 1 and 2. Dedicated to Peter Fletcher.

Facsimile copy of ink score, dated April-May 1985, and titled Opus 53: 'Myfyrdod: Contemplation for Orchestra'. Includes parts for tenor trombones 1 and 2, bass trombone, tuba, timpani, percussion, violins 1 and 2, viola, violoncello, cello, flutes 1, 2, and 3, oboes 1 and 2, clarinets 1 and 2, bass clarinet, bassoons 1, 2, and 3, trumpets 1 and 2, and harps 1 and 2. Dedicated to Peter Fletcher.