The Centre for Advanced Welsh Music Studies at the University of Wales, Bangor, will be publishing a new journal, Welsh Music History (Hanes Cerddoriath Cymru), the first volume to arrive in early 1996. The fourth volume will be devoted to the Robert ap Huw Symposium. The first three volumes will cover material from an earlier conference covering a variety of topics: Welsh music before 1600; traditional Welsh music and folk music; attitudes to Welsh music at the end of the 19th and 20th centuries; popular music in contemporary Welsh culture; Welsh harps and harp music.
Volume one of the journal will include papers on Beethoven's setting of Welsh folksongs, John Heath of Barmouth, Augusta Hall and the Triple Harp, John Roberts and Gipsy Music, Brass Bands in Nineteenth-century Wales, Contemporary Welsh Pop Lyrics, A Welsh/Irish Tune Family and "Contest Singing." Authors will include Phyllis Kinney, Meredydd Evans, and Wyn Thomas.
The price per volume is projected to be between £10 and £15. It will be published by the University of Wales Press.
For more information, contact:
| University of Wales, Bangor | Prifysgol Cymru, Bangor |
|---|---|
| Department of Music | Adran Cerddoriaeth |
| Bangor | |
| Gwynedd | |
| LL57 2DG | |
| WALES | CYMRU |
| GREAT BRITAIN | |