Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1823-1829 / (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
i, 40 ff. (paginated 1-92, pp. 77-88 missing ; 125 x 210 mm. Half-leather and marbled paper, rebacked at NLW.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Formerly in the possession of the Moulsdale family of Bryndyffryn, Llanrwst.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Mr William D. Williams; Capel Curig; Donation; 1994
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Tune book, 1823-9, compiled by Juliana Isabella Mary Pennant (1808-42) of Penrhyn Castle, co. Caernarfon, first wife of Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant, first baron Penrhyn of Llandegai, containing contemporarily fashionable music, mostly dances, a few songs (words in English, French and Italian). The only Welsh tune is 'Sweet Richard' (p. 19). Includes two nursery songs, 'Anthony Rowley' (p. 34) and 'Little Bo Peep' with words (p. 35). The sources are noted for some pieces, e.g. 'Llanidan ... 1826' (pp. 37 and 38), 'C. Ma C. St Petersburg ... 1829' (p. 69).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
- French
- Italian
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, French, Italian.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 23223A
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
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Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
February 2009.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IX (Aberystwyth, 2003);