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Cambrian Harmony
Being a Collection of
Welch Airs
Never Before Published
Arranged as they were originally performed
By The Ancient Britons
Adapted for the
Harp and Piano Forte
By
Richard Roberts
Dublin, Published for the Author & to be had at his residence. Carnarvon. Undated, but 1829. Bound in 19th century half brown leather over plain paper-covered boards, with titles in gilt on the spine.
This is a rare book, containing thirty airs, including Difyrwch y Brenhin, or King’s Joy; Bro Gwalia, or The Walls of Cambria; Dafydd Garreg Wen, or David the White Stone; Pen Rhaw, or Spade’s Head; Musen yn ei Menyg, or The Coy Dame in White Gloves.
The book is in very good condition, with a little scuffing to the spine leather, two small labels of the Llanover Library on the front endpaper (no other library markings), and the ownership inscription of Dr Colin A. Gresham (a Welsh historian and Archaeologist) dated Awst 1938. There is some offsetting from the engraved music. The date of publication has been written in pencil at the bottom of the title page, and one page has an old, but neat, repair to a closed tear, which does not affect the music. Otherwise the book is clean and bright.
The book has a two-page list of subscribers, which includes the Duke of Sussex, (the sixth son of George III) to whom the book is dedicated.
34 cm tall, 13.5 inches, 49 pages, complete.
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