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NLW MS 23391E.
Title
Letters to 'Pencerdd Gwalia'
Date(s)
- 1842-1910 (Creation)
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217 ff.
Guarded and filed at NLW.
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Letters and cards, 1842-1910, to John Thomas (Pencerdd Gwalia) reflecting his long career and including references to his early efforts to establish himself as a musician, to his concert tours abroad, and to his compositions.
Among the correspondents are Augusta Ada King-Noel, Lady Lovelace (18) 1844-1847 and n.d., Dr Joseph Parry (1) 1874, Cipriani Potter (6) 1851-1867, Brinley Richards (4) 1862-1864 and n.d., Sir Arthur Sullivan (1) 1873 and Penry Williams (1) 1855. Also included are drafts and copies of letters, 1851-1910, from John Thomas.
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English, French, German.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 23391E.
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vtls006275596
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- Thomas, John, 1826-1913 -- Career in music. (Subject)
- Thomas, John, 1826-1913 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Lovelace, Ada King, Countess of, 1815-1852 (Subject)
- Parry, Joseph, 1841-1903 (Subject)
- Potter, Philip Cipriani Hambly, 1792-1871. (Subject)
- Richards, Brinley, 1819-1885. (Subject)
- Sullivan, Arthur, Sir, 1842-1900. (Subject)
- Williams, Penry, 1798-1885 (Subject)
- Lovelace, Ada King, Countess of, 1815-1852 -- Correspondence (Subject)
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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales