Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1893-[1999]. (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
77 boxes, varying sizes; 4 boxes (June 2015).
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
The Welsh Music Information Centre (WMIC) was established in September 1983 to provide information about Welsh music, particularly 20th century music and to encourage performances of contemporary works. It incorporated the Welsh Music Archive which was founded in 1976 and was similar to the Scottish Music Information Centre in Glasgow and the British Information Centre in London with a role of collecting scores by Welsh composers. It received the support of the Welsh Arts Council. An exhibition of scores and memorabilia housed at WMIC was held at the Viriamu Jones Gallery, University College, Cardiff, March 1984. The centre closed in March 1997 after the Arts Council withdrew its funding in December 1996. Tŷ Cerdd – Music Centre Wales was formed by combining the Welsh Amateur Music Federation (WAMF) and WMIC in 2009. Its role is to promote all genres of Welsh Music by “bringing a world of music to Wales and the music of Wales to the world”.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Welsh Music Information Centre per Mr D. Wynne Lloyd; Cardiff; Deposit; 1997; C1997/18.
Tŷ Cerdd per Mr Caio Higginson; Cardiff; Deposit; June 2015; 4017768.
Tŷ Cerdd per Mr Ethan Davies; Cardiff; Deposit; July 2016.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Music manuscripts and miscellaneous papers, 1893-[1999], transferred on the closure of the Welsh Music Information Centre, Cardiff, comprising a large number of music scores and sketches. Among the composers represented in the archive are Robert Bruce, Dilys Elwyn Edwards, John Edwards, J. R. Heath, Alun Hoddinott, Arwel Hughes, Idris Lewis, Ian Parrott and Grace Williams.
Llawysgrifau cerddorol a phapurau amrywiol, 1893-[1999], a dderbyniwyd adeg cau Canolfan Hysbysrwydd Cerddoriaeth Cymru yng Nghaerdydd, yn cynnwys nifer fawr o sgoriau cerddoriaeth. Ymhlith y cyfansoddwyr a gynrychiolir yn yr archif mae Robert Bruce, Dilys Elwyn Edwards, John Edwards, J. R. Heath, Alun Hoddinott, Arwel Hughes ac Ian Parrott.
Additional music manuscripts, 1963-1969, comprising scores by Grace Williams, Daniel Jones, and William Mathias; together with papers [1906-1975], relating to Grace Williams [photographs transferred to NLW Photographic Department].
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
Accruals are possible.
System of arrangement
Arranged at NLW in three groups: works by composers (several scores), works by composers (occasional scores) and other papers.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions set out in information provided when applying for their Readers' Tickets, whereby the reader shall become responsible for compliance with the Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation 2018 in relation to any processing by them of personal data obtained from modern records held at the Library.
Conditions governing reproduction
Amodau hawlfraint arferol = Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Mainly English, unless otherwise stated.
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
Formerly Welsh Music Information Centre (WMIC) manuscripts and papers.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
CAIRS System Control Number
GEAC system control number
Alma system control number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Welsh Music Information Centre -- Archives. (Subject)
- Welsh Music Information Centre. (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Revised
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
April 2014. Revised August-September 2021.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Compiled by Ann Francis Evans. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Music Wales, 1 June-31 August 1997; Welsh Music Information Centre publicity leaflet; a booklet for an exhibition of the Welsh Music Information Centre at the University College Cardiff, 1984; and Tŷ Cerdd website;
Archivist's note
2015 and 2016 deposit compiled by Robert Evans.