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🎻 Fiddles and fish? 🎣 The Alawon John Thomas fiddle tune book, 1752, also includes essays on musical theory and angling. Manuscript here: archives.library.wales/index.php/fidd… Digital version available: hdl.handle.net/10107/5130424

'Green sleeves' was one of the most popular #ballad tunes of the 17th + 18th centuries. It's included in John Thomas' #fiddle tune book as a 6/8 dance tune. The Fiddler's-tune-book dating from 1752 is now available online here: hdl.handle.net/10107/5130424

Edward Jones: Bardd y Brenin – Elinor Bennett Join renowned harpist Elinor Bennett in this special lecture-recital to hear the incredible story of how Edward Jones, a farmer's son from Llandderfel near Bala, rose to become harpist to King George IV. 🔗 library.wales/events

🎵 Welsh Music Archive 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 This is a brilliant book, and provides such an insight into folk music making of the 18thC and a real challenge to a lot of common preconceptions about what that repertoire looks like. Formed the basis for some of my PhD in composition too... youtube.com/watch?v=SveyaQ…

This book from Powys Archives contains the lyrics to many Welsh songs. Items like this connect us to the long history of the Welsh language. #europeandayoflanguages

Braille musical magazine from 100 years ago, 1924. The #Braille musical magazine was published in London by the National Institute for the Blind from 1910. RNIB RNIB Library RNIB Cymru

📅With today being the 1st of October. Take a look at what religious, cultural, awareness, diversity and memorial events and bank holidays will be taking place this month with our ‘Wales and the World Calendar’. 🔗library.wales/walesandthewor…

If you watched the second episode of 'Cyfrinachau’r Llyfrgell' (Best Kept Secrets) National Library of Wales Slam Media on S4C 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿, you'll have heard the story of Augusta Hall or Lady Llanofer. But who was this formidable woman? library.wales/news/cyfrinach…

🎉 Llongyfarchiadau mawr i MICHAEL SHEEN’S BURNER ACC the winner of the Welsh Music Prize 2024 with his album ‘Blood, Sweat & Fears’. #WMP24

Happy birthday Pobol y Cwm 🎉 On 16th October, a special exhibition at National Library of Wales will display material in the Library's collections relating to Pobol y Cwm.  S4C 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 BBC Cymru Fyw Radio Cymru library.wales/news/celebrati…

Its been a busy week at the Library. Some of the highlights include: 🗣️The Welsh Political Archive Annual Lecture with Charlotte Williams 🏫School workshops at the Riverside gallery 🌎Welcoming a group from Taiwan 🎂Contributing to the Secretary State for Wales’ celebrations

"In the 00s, Wrench became deeply immersed in the Welsh language music scene, producing the indie-pop of Race Horses and Topper; psychedelic folk records by Georgia Ruth and Lleuwen; ... MC Mabon and Swci Boscawen,... Bryn Fon and Tebot Piws. " theguardian.com/music/2024/oct…

Remembering William Mathias who would have been 90 today!