Below are links to various resources for and about Welsh classical music, including links to useful websites and books or journals; some of these are available openly online, others require Library access. If you have suggestions to add to this, please let us know.
Libraries & archives
| National Library of Wales | https://www.library.wales/ |
| National Library of Wales: Welsh Music Archive | https://www.library.wales/collections/learn-more/archives/the-welsh-music-archive |
| Tŷ Cerdd Welsh Music Collection | https://www.tycerdd.org/welsh-music-collection |
| Archives Hub | https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/ |
| RWCMD Library catalogue | https://www.rwcmd.ac.uk/student-life/library |
| Bangor University Library | https://www.bangor.ac.uk/library/ |
| Bangor University Archive | http://calmview.bangor.ac.uk/Calmview/ |
| Cardiff University Library | https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/libraries |
| Cardiff University Special Collections Archive | https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/special-collections/explore |
| International Music Score Publishing Library | https://imslp.org/wiki/Main_Page |
Other useful websites
| Tŷ Cerdd | https://www.tycerdd.org/ |
| Gywnn Publishing | https://www.gwynn.co.uk/ |
| Curiad Publications | https://www.curiad.co.uk/en/ |
| Oriana Publications | https://www.orianapublications.co.uk/ |
| Adlais Music Publishers | http://www.adlaismusicpublishers.co.uk/ |
| National Library of Wales: Welsh Traditional Music | https://www.library.wales/collections/learn-more/archives/the-welsh-music-archive/welsh-traditional-music |
| National Library of Wales: Archives of Welsh Composers | https://www.library.wales/collections/learn-more/archives/archives-of-welsh-composers |
| National Library of Wales: Encore! Music in Wales exhibition | https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20080718084614/http://digidol.llgc.org.uk/METS/XCD00001/ardd?locale=en |
| Dictionary of Welsh Biography | https://biography.wales/ |
Books
Allsobrook, D. (1992) Music for Wales: Walford Davies and the National Council of Music, 1918-1941. Cardiff: University of Wales Press.
ap Sion, P. & Thomas, W. (eds.) (2018) Cydymaith i Gerddoriaeth Cymru. Aberystwyth: Y Lolfa.
Brown, J. D. (1897) British Musical Biography. Birmingham: Stratton. [Available at: https://imslp.org/wiki/British_Musical_Biography_(Stratton,_Stephen_Samuel)]
Crossley-Holland, P. (ed.) (1948) Music in Wales. London: Hinrichsen Edition Ltd
Parrott, I. (ed.) (1980) The Story of the Guild for the Promotion of Welsh Music. Dyfed: Salesbury Press Ltd.
Smith, R. (ed.) (1981) The Seventh Catalogue of contemporary Welsh music. S.l.: Guild for the Promotion of Welsh Music.
Stephens, M. (ed.) (1979) The Arts in Wales 1950-75. Cardiff: Arts Council of Wales.
Williams, G. (1998) Valleys of Song: Music and Society in Wales 1840-1914. Cardiff: University of Wales Press
Articles & Journals
WELSH MUSIC HISTORY
Published by the Centre for Advanced Welsh Music Studies, Bangor University [Available at: https://journals.library.wales/browse/1175725/]
WELSH MUSIC
Published by the Welsh Music Guild, 1959-2009 [Available at: https://discover.library.wales/permalink/f/1norb00/44NLW_ALMA21767628630002419]
A selection of articles can be found here:
GROVE DICTIONARY OF MUSIC AND MUSICIANS (via subscription to Oxford Music Online)
Lewis, G., Davies, L. & Kinney, P. (2001) Wales. [Available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.41108]