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Facsimile copy of ink score with typewritten notes and handwritten lyrics in the hand of the composer, titled Opus 58: 'Queen of Paradise: A Sequence of Carols to the Blessed Virgin Mary for Chorus and Organ', dated 1987. Commissioned by the Cardiff Festival of Music in association with the Welsh Arts Council, and first performed at St Germains Church, Cardiff, 4 December 1987 by the John Davies Singers, conducted by John Davies and with organ played by Huw Tregelles Williams. Written as one of a sequence of three works celebrating devotion to the Virgin Mary which include his Opus 56 (4/8), Opus 57 (1/42) and Opus 58 (4/10).

Ink score, titled Opus 58: 'Queen of Paradise: A Sequence of Carols to the Blessed Virgin Mary for Chorus and Organ', [1987]. Commissioned by the Cardiff Festival of Music in association with the Welsh Arts Council. Written as one of a sequence of three works celebrating devotion to the Virgin Mary which include his Opus 57 (1/42), Opus 56 (4/8) and Opus 58 (4/9).

Facsimile copy of ink score, titled ‘Dyma y Dydd (Salm 118): Anthem i Gôr Cymysg a Thelyn’, dated June-July 1988. Commissioned by the Dinas Powis Welsh Society Choir, with assistance from the Welsh Arts Council for the Royal National Eisteddfod, Newport, 1988. Dedicated to Bryn and Byron.

Two copies, consisting of one ink score and one draft score in ink and pencil, 1956, both titled Opus 6: 'Sonata for Percussion'. Includes parts for cymbal, tambourine, triangle, side drum, timpani 1 and 2, and bass drum.

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.

Facsimile copy of ink score, titled 'Fanfare & Psalm for Male Chorus & Military Band', dated 1991. Setting for military band and fanfares by Lawrence Pendleton, with music from David Harries, Opus 63.

Copy of published score for David Harries, 'Opus 64: Psalm 8: O Lord, Our Lord' (Cardigan: Samuel King, 1992). Originally commissioned by John Davies and the Pembrokeshire Youth Choir in association with the Welsh Arts Council.

Pencil score in five parts, [1995], titled Opus 65: 'Gitanjali Song Offerings: Six Poems of Rabindranath Tagore for Soprano & Chamber Orchestra'. Commissioned for the Llantilio Crossenny 31st Festival of Music and Drama in association with the Welsh Arts Council, and performed at the Festival by the Llantilio Festival Orchestra in June 1993 conducted by Charles Farncombe. The file also contains a programme for the Festival, 1993.

Original ink score, dated 1993 and titled 'Opus 65: Gitanjali Song Offerings: Six Poems of Rabindranath Tagore for Soprano & Chamber Orchestra'. The score is in six parts: part 1, 'I am here to sing thee songs'; part 2, 'When thou commandest me to sing'; part 3, 'It is the pang of separation'; part 4, 'Is it beyond thee to be glad?'; part 5, 'I have received my invitation'; and part 6, 'In one salutation to thee'. Commissioned for the Llantilio Crossenny 31st Festival of Music and Drama in association with the Welsh Arts Council.
Dedicated to Rachel and Thomas.

Full original ink score, dated 1993 and titled 'Opus 66: String Quartet No.3'. The score is made up of nine parts: part 1, 'Prologue'; part 2, 'Sonata'; part 3, 'Fugue 1'; part 4, 'Roundelay'; part 5, 'Fugue 2'; part 6, 'Scherzo'; part 7, 'Fugue 3'; part 8, 'Capriccio'; and part 9, 'Epilogue'. Commissioned for the 1993 Lower Machen Festival in association with the Welsh Arts Council, and dedicated to Julia Chapple, Royston Havard and the Lower Machen Festival.

Facsimile copy of ink score, dated 1993, titled Opus 66: 'String Quartet No.3'.

Original ink score, titled 'Opus 66: String Quartet No.3' and consisting of four separate parts for violin 1, violin 2, viola, and cello. Commissioned for the 1993 Lower Machen Festival in association with the Welsh Arts Council.

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.

Draft score in ink and pencil, titled 'Opus 7: Epithalalium for Two Violins' and consisting of three parts: part 1, 'Fanfare and Wedding March' dated 1956; part 2, 'Hymn' dated 7 January 1961; and part 3, 'Dance' dated 11 January 1961. The manuscript also includes a typewritten biographical note (undated).

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.

Published copy of David Harries' Opus 8, 'Three Stanzas for Harp Solo' (London: Stainer & Bell, 1973). The piece was first composed May-June 1956.

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.

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.

1 ink score, and 1 facsimile copy witha note in pencil, for the part of Percussion in Opus 48: 'Princes of Gwynedd' [1979].