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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 score and parts, in ink and pencil, 1953, titled Opus 3: 'Incidental Music to Antigone: a tragedy by Jean Anouilh, translated from the French by Lewis Galantière'. The full score includes Part 1, 'Overture' (dated 28th October – 6th November 1953); Part 2, 'Introduction to Act II' (dated 6th-10th November 1953); and Part 3, 'Introduction to Act I Scene VIII' (dated 11th November 1953). The instrument parts include violins 1 and 2, and viola for Parts 1 and 2 (dated 11th November 1953), and for Part 3 (dated 6th November 1953); cello for parts 1, 2 and 3 (dated 6th November 1953); horns for Parts 1, 2, 3, and 4 ([1953]); bassoon for Part 1 (dated 6th November 1953) and Part 2 ([1953]); trombone for Part 1 (dated 6th November 1953) and Part 2 ([1953]); timpani for Part 1 (dated 6th November 1953) and Parts 2, 3, and 5 ([1953]); and piano for Parts 1, 2, 3, and 4 (dated 12th November 1953).

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 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.

Bound facsimile copy of score, 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.

Bound facsimile copy of ink score, dated 11 January 1961, and titled Opus 12: 'Epithalamium For Two Violins'. Dedicated to Edward Bor and Edith O'Hanrahan.

Facsimile copy of 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.

Facsimile copy of ink score for violin part, [1965], titled Opus 21: 'Divertimento for Violin and Piano.' Dedicated to Leonard James.

Facsimile copy of ink score, dated January 1967, titled Opus 25 No.2 'Canticle for Piano Duet.' A note in the hand of David Harries states that the piece was ommissioned for the 1968 (Barry) Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales, and dedicated to Grace Williams.

Ink score, dated 1968, and titled Opus 29 No.2 'String Quartet.' The score includes parts for violins 1 and 2, viola, and cello, and was commissioned by the Guild for the Promotion of Welsh Music for the Swansea Festival, 1968.

Facsimile copy of ink score, dated 1968, and titled Opus 29: 'String Quartet No.2'. The score was commissioned by the Guild for the Promotion of Welsh Music for the Swansea Festival, 1968, and includes parts for violins 1 and 2, viola, and cello.

Facsimile copy of ink score, dated 1977, titled Opus 43: 'Piano Concerto'. The score was commissioned by the Llandaff Festival, 1977, with the assistance of the Welsh Arts Council. The file also includes a typewritten note, signed by David Harries discussing the piece, dated 26th November 1984. The score includes parts for flutes 1 and 2, oboes 1 and 2, clarinets 1 and 2, bassoons 1 and 2, horns 1, 2, 3 and 4, trumpets 1 and 2, trombones 1 and 2, bass trombone, timpani, percussion, piano, violins 1 and 2, viola, cello, and bass.

Facsimile copy of ink score, dated August 1985, and titled Opus 54: 'Carillons for Harp'. The work was commissioned by the North Wales Music Festival in association with the Welsh Arts Council, and first performed by Caryl Thomas at St. Asaph Cathedral on 25 September 1985. Dedicated to Yvonne and William Mathias.

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.

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.

Ink score with pencil annotations, dated December 1958 to 3rd September 1959, and titled Opus 11: 'Prolegomena: Variations for String Orchestra'. Including parts for violins 1 and 2, viola, violoncello, cello, and bass.

Ink score with pencil annotations, dated 3 September 1959, and titled Opus 11: 'Movements From "Prolegomena: Variations for Strings" '. The work consists of a rough score, with separate instrument parts for the epilogue, including parts for violins 1 and 2, viola, violoncello, cello, and double bass.

Ink score, [1961], consisting of the first part of the work titled Opus 14: 'Noctuary: Five Sonnets of Gerard Manley Hopkins for Chorus and String Orchestra'. Originally commissioned for the BBC in Wales, the work includes parts for violins 1 and 2, viola, cello, and bass.

Facsimile copy of ink score, dated 10 May 1963 to 14 January 1964, and titled Opus 18: 'Violin Concerto'. including parts for flutes, clarinets, bassoon, horns, trumpets, trombone, timpani, percussion, violins 1 and 2, violas, cellos, and bassess. The work was a testpiece for the International Competition for Violinists, 1966.

Ink score, dated 1972, and titled Opus 36: 'Three Poems of Tagore for Tenor and Orchestra', based on the poems 'In the World's Audience Hall', 'I Hunt for the Golden Stag', and 'Across an Hundred Years' by Rabindranath Tagore. Including parts for flutes, oboe, clarinets, cornets, bassoon, trumpets, trombones, timpani, percussion, violins 1 and 2, viola, violoncello, cello, and bass. The work was originally commissioned by the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, on the occasion of its centenary, in association with the Welsh Arts Council, and first performed by Kenneth Bowen and the BBC Welsh Orchestra, conducted by David Harries, Great Hall, Aberystwyth October 1972.