- AD1
- Series
- [1900]-[1945]
Drafts of J. Lloyd Williams's proposed history of Welsh music, together with related notes.
Drafts of J. Lloyd Williams's proposed history of Welsh music, together with related notes.
Papers and correspondence, 1935-1944, relating to J. Lloyd Williams's work on the harpists Edward Jones ('Bardd y Brenin'), John Parry, Rhiwabon, and Ifan Williams ('Ifan Delynor').
Lectures by J. Lloyd Williams on various aspects of Welsh music, delivered to various evening classes, societies and conferences.
Miscellaneous notes, lists and press cuttings reflecting J. Lloyd Williams's interest and involvement in various aspects of Welsh music.
Scripts of radio broadcasts by J. Lloyd Williams on musical topics, 1941, some with related contracts and correspondence.
Adjudication notes on essays and hymn-tunes submitted for competition at eisteddfodau and singing festivals, [?1924]-1938.
Reports and minutes of the Welsh Folk-Song Society, the National Council of Music and reports relating to the role of music in education.
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.
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.
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.
Indexes and lists of folk songs, melodies and hymn tunes, compiled mainly by J. Lloyd Williams from various printed and manuscript sources.
Notes and press cuttings accumulated by J. Lloyd Williams during his researches into Welsh folk songs.
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.
Y Cerddor and the National Council of Music
Correspondence relating to the publication of Y Cerddor and the work of the National Council of Music.
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.
Correspondence, 1907-1941, relating to the publication of musical works by J. Lloyd Williams, the proposal to establish a 'Welsh Academy of Music', and the Iorwerth Glyndwr John Memorial Shield.
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.
Manuscript scores, libretto, sketches and other papers, [?1900]-1922, relating to the light opera Cadifor by J. Lloyd Williams and Llew Tegid.
The score and libretto of the musical comedy 'Y Glasfryn'.
The score and libretto of the cantata 'Nos Calan Gaeaf', otherwise known as 'Myrddin' or 'Cymru Fu, Cymru Fydd'.