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Facsimile copy of ink score with some annotations in blue biro ink, dated December 1961 and titled 'Toccata alla Danza for Piano'. Composed by William Mathias and originally commissioned by the Welsh Committee of the Arts Council.

Facsimile copy of ink score with pencil annotations, dated 24th September 1955 and titled ‘Suite for Children’. Composed for piano by William Mathias.

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, dated August 1985, titled Opus 54: 'Carillons for Harp (originals)'. The work was commissioned by the North Wales Music Festival in association with the Welsh Arts Council, and was first performed by Caryl Thomas at St. Asaph Cathedral on 25 September 1985. The piece is dedicated to Yvonne and William Mathias.

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.

Original ink score, titled 'Opus 3: Incidental Music to Antigone', and based on Jean Anouilh's version of Sophocles' tragedy 'Antigone', translated from the French by Lewis Galantière. The work is in two parts: 'Overture', dated 28 October-6 November 1953; and 'Introduction to Act II', dated 6-10 November 1953. Commissioned by the University College of Wales Dramatics Society, for a production at Aberystwyth of Jean Anouilh’s ‘Antigone’, November 1953, and recorded at Aberystwyth on 13th November, 1953, performed by: A.B. Thomas & J. Cynan Jones (horns); Hugh Jones (bassoon); Delwyn Tibbott (trombone); Jayne Filer (timpani); Edward Bor (violin 1); Jeffrey Francis (violin 2); Raymond Jeremy (viola); John Clapham (cello); and William Mathias (piano).

Facsimile copy of ink score with pencil annotations, titled 'Culhwch and Olwen: An Entertainment', and including notes listing all instrument parts and performers; instructions for narrator, choral speech, chorus, percussion, and piano duet; and pronunciation of Welsh names. Composed by William Mathias and originally commissioned for the 1967 Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales, Bala.

Includes letters from Gerald Morgan; Cecil Price (13); R. George Thomas (3); Robert Gittings (3); Leslie Norris (2); John Stuart Williams (7); Dora Polk (4); Ellen Tifft (3); Alun Llewellyn (18); Rev. L. Alun Page (6); Islwyn Ffowc Elis (3); William Mathias (3); Neville Masterman (2); Raymond Garlick (5); Arthur Giardelli (3); Alison Bielski (4); Robert Morgan (3); Ian Parrott (4); Emily Katharine Harris (2); Jeffrey Steele; Julian Ennis (3); Vernon Watkins (3); Dannie Abse; F. R. Konekamp; Maurice Carpenter (2); Bryn Griffiths; David Harries (2); and David Jones (3), including a typescript copy of the poem 'The hunt'.

Letters addressed mainly to John Davies. The correspondents include Joseph K. Aston, Bounty Office, 1897; T[homas] W[illiam] Barker, Carmarthen, 1911; David D[aniel] Evans, Llandysul, 1911; T[homas] A[llen] Glenn, Prestatyn; Annie James, Rhiwgoy, near Rhoshill (concerning William Mathias, with two of his ballads entitled Can Newydd yn gosod allan Dwyll, Hoceth, ac Annghariad and Profiad Ffarmwr ar ol Gadael Ffarmwriaeth); G. Griffiths, Chepstow; A. G. C. Rice, Swansea, 1926; Mrs J. Morris, Aberystwyth, 1915; Lucy E[llen] Lloyd Theakston, Llanrhôs, 1918; Herbert M[illingchamp] Vaughan [1920]; Richard Williams, Newtown, 1898; and G[eorge] E[dgar] P[ropert] Williams, Haverfordwest, 1923.

A letter, 1995, from Roy Bohana to Dr R. Brinley Jones, enclosing a copy of his address delivered at the memorial service for the composer William Mathias (1934-1992), held at St Asaph Cathedral, 15 August 1992