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DAVIES, THOMAS (Trithyd; 1810? - 1873?), musician and composer activities. He composed a number of hymn-tunes which are to be found in Caniadau Seion (Mills) and Telyn Seion (R. Beynon). In April 1854 he published Y Blwch Cerddorol, which comprised eighty-nine hymn-tunes, sixteen anthems, ninety temperance pieces, six hymn-tunes for family worship, and one duet - all being the work of Welsh composers. This book contained an introductory essay on ' The Nature, Essence
DAVIES, THOMAS (1851 - 1892), musician Born at Ebbw Vale, 1851. He was one of the first to adopt the sol-fa system in South Wales. His favourite form of musical composition was the anthem: he composed about six which had a popular appeal - ' Dyddiau dyn sydd fel glaswelltyn ' being well known at one period. He was a successful musical conductor and teacher. He died 20 December 1892 and was buried at the Ebbw Vale cemetery, 24 December.
DAVIES, WALTER (Gwallter Mechain; 1761 - 1849), cleric, poet, antiquary, and literary critic trophy for his ode 'on the death of the outstanding military officer Sir Thomas Picton, noble knight from the province of Dyfed in south Wales, who was killed at the apex of the Victory in the bloody Battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1815'. (A free-metre poem by Gwallter Mechain to honour Picton, composed 'on the request of J[ohn] J[enkins]' was included in the latter's collection 'Melus-seiniau Cymru' (1817
DAVIES, WILLIAM HUBERT (1893 - 1965), musician Cardiff. He returned to the college at Aberystwyth in 1934 as tutor and leader of the college instrumental quartet. In 1950 he was appointed violin, composition and orchestral tutor at Cardiff College of Music and Drama. He composed many songs and choral and instrumental works, including work commissioned for the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra in 1945. He married Hannah May Reynolds, and they had two
DE LLOYD, DAVID JOHN (1883 - 1948), musician concerts held by the department. He succeeded Sir Walford Davies in the chair in 1926. He died 20 August 1948, the day upon which his retirement from the college was to take effect. He composed a large number of works and arranged other music. His principal works include Gwenllian (opera), 1924; Tir na n'Og a lyrical ode by T. Gwynn Jones; Gwlad fy Nhadau (cantata); Cân a Moliant (Hymns and tunes
DEE, JOHN (1527 - 1608), mathematician and astronomer messages. It is small wonder that James I refused Dee's petition that he might be cleared of the slander that he was or had been 'a conjuror or caller or invocator of spirits.' It is not possible to assess the value of Dee's works, as most of the seventy-nine he composed still remain in manuscript form. But it would seem to be certain that if he had adhered to pure science and steered clear of the
DODD, CHARLES HAROLD (1884 - 1973), biblical scholar conflict in which he was the principal figure and which in fact his appearance brought about. This standpoint is consistent with his concern to emphasize the historical element in the gospels. This is clearly seen in History and the Gospel (1938). Whilst recognizing that the gospels were composed 'from faith to faith', he believed it was possible to get behind the faith of the early Church to the real
DWN, HENRY (before c. 1354 - November 1416), landowner and rebel the Soul and the Body', composed in the period 1375-82, Iolo Goch refers to three 'men of Cydweli' as 'princes of battle', almost certainly evoking Henry Dwn and his family. Lewys Glyn Cothi names Henry Dwn in a poem to Gwilym ap Gwallter, whose mother was Dwn's granddaughter. Not unlike some others of his class, Henry Dwn could be heavy-handed and contentious, and he was often undeterred by legal
DYFRIG (fl. 475?), saint Tenby, Pembrokeshire. But the consequent identification of Dyfrig with the person referred to in the defective Ogam inscription on the Caldey Island stone has not as yet been justified. Of the three extant 'Lives' of Dyfrig, the two later versions composed by Geoffrey of Monmouth and Benedict of Gloucester are of little importance. The earliest 'Life' is contained in the 'Liber Landavensis,' where it
EDWARD ap ROGER (fl. 16th century), collector of manuscripts and poet According to notes in Peniarth MS 128 and Peniarth MS 139i Peniarth MS 139ii Peniarth MS 139iii he died in 1587. The date of his birth is not known, but in englynion, which he composed in 1587 on his sick bed, lines occur which may imply that he was then approaching 60 (see NLW MS 235D, f. 211). In Peniarth MS 128 his mother's name is given as Gwennhwyvar verch Ed. ap M'd, and his wife's name as
EDWARDS, ELLIS (1844 - 1915), Calvinistic Methodist minister and principal of Bala Theological College border line between theology, philosophy, and literature, his knowledge was profound. He composed some hymn-tunes, lectured frequently outside the college ('Lady Macbeth ' and ' Some Sounds in Nature ' were two very popular lectures), spoke on political questions, and was regarded as a most attractive speaker and as a preacher who stood in a class by himself. His sparkling animation and many-sided
EDWARDS, JOHN (1799 - 1873?), musician also regarded as a good player on the clarinet. A hymn-tune which he composed earned for him a prize awarded by the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. His first tune, ' Grongar,' appeared in Seren Gomer, 1824, other hymn-tunes by him being published in Haleliwia, Haleliwia Drachefn, Telyn Seion (Rosser Beynon), and Caniadau Seion (R. Mills); he also composed some anthems. He reviewed Gramadeg (John

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