All Celts Together: Introducing the Welsh Music Archive!

Our Welsh colleagues have been sharing information about the Welsh Music Archive, so we thought we'd share this with our own readers:-

"You may be interested in our latest blog on Launching the Welsh Music Archive at the National Library of Wales.  At a special ceremony on Friday, 22 September, The National Library of Wales launched its Welsh Music Archive Programme in the presence of the folk music expert and Library benefactor, Phyllis Kinney...

"Here's a blogpost about it:- http://www.llgc.org.uk/blog/?p=15813

"The National Library of Wales not only preserves  the earliest written music from Wales, but also collects  the latest compositions and performances by our contemporary musicians. It is a growing resource; material is added regularly to our musical collections. The collection includes works by internationally renowned classical Welsh composers such as Grace Williams, Daniel Jones, Alun Hoddinott and William Mathias.

"And now there are brand new pages on the website for further information on The Welsh Music Archive, and also WelshTraditional Music "

Margaret Jones has also written a blogpost about the Welsh Music Archive for our professional association, the UK and Ireland branch of the International Association of Music Libraries.  You can read this here. 

So, that's Welsh music fairly and squarely on the map!  A very positive development.