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| Short Name: | John Roberts |
| Full Name: | Roberts, John, of Henlann 1807-1876 |
| Birth Year: | 1807 |
| Death Year: | 1876 |
John Roberts was a Welsh musician, born 30 March 1807 at Henllan, near Denbigh. He collected a large number of hymn tunes. Some of these were included in John Parry's Peroriaeth Hyfryd, 1837. In 1839 he published Caniadau y Cysegr which contained 55 tunes that he harmonized. He died 4 April 1876 near Denbigh.
Dianne Shapiro, from Dictionary of Welsh Biography (http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/index.html) accessed 11/27/2017
Tunes by John Roberts (2) | As | Instances | Incipit |
|---|---|---|---|
| LLEDROD | John Roberts 1807-76 (Composer) | 1 | 11215 35132 22516 |
| ST. DENIO | John Roberts (Harmonizer) | 19 | 16427 51332 11642 |
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