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J. D. Evans
Person Name: J. D. Evans. (Ap Daniel.) Translator of "O Dduw, rho im'dy hedd (O God! Thy peace grant me)" in Cân a Mawl J. D. Evans, ap Daniel.
J. D. Evans
David Evans
1874 - 1948 Harmonizer of "GLAN GEIRIONYDD" in Songs of Praise David Evans (b. Resolven, Glamorganshire, Wales, 1874; d. Rosllannerchrugog, Denbighshire, Wales, 1948) was an important leader in Welsh church music. Educated at Arnold College, Swansea, and at University College, Cardiff, he received a doctorate in music from Oxford University. His longest professional post was as professor of music at University College in Cardiff (1903-1939), where he organized a large music department. He was also a well-known and respected judge at Welsh hymn-singing festivals and a composer of many orchestral and choral works, anthems, service music, and hymn tunes.
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David Evans
David Jenkins
1848 - 1915 Person Name: David Jenkins, Mus. Bac. Trefniad of "GLAN GEIRIONYDD" in Cân a Mawl Born: December 30, 1848, Trecastle, Breconshire, Wales.
Died: December 10, 1915, Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire, Wales.
Buried: Trecastle, Breconshire, Wales.
Professor David Jenkins (1848 - 1915) was a Welsh composer born at Trecastle, Brecknockshire, Wales. Originally apprenticed to the tailoring trade, he joined the Tonic Solfa choral movement and in 1874 enrolled at Aberystwyth College and studied under the renowned composer Joseph Parry, the first Professor of Music there. Jenkins received his Mus. Bac. from Cambridge in 1878. In 1893, he was appointed lecturer in the newly-formed Music Department of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and was appointed Professor in 1910, a post he held until his death. He was a prominent figure in the musical life of Wales, judging at the National Eisteddfod and provincial eisteddfodau, and conducting at cymanfaoedd (hymn-singing festivals). He was a prolific composer; his best-known choral works are Arch y Cyfamod, Job, Yr Ystorm and The Psalm of Life, which was written for the Cardiff Triennial Festival in 1895, and was first premiered by two thousand singers at the Crystal Palace, London, on July 1896. He was also an editor of Y Cerddor. He died in Castell Brychan, Aberystwyth.
--www.hymnswithoutwords.com
David Jenkins
Ieuan Glan Geirionydd
1795 - 1855 Author of "O Dduw, rho im'dy hedd (O God! Thy peace grant me)" in Cân a Mawl Bardic name: Ieuan Glan Geiriondd, born Evan Evans,
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Evans, Evan. [Glangeirionydd.] Born at Trefriw in Caernarvonshire. He is considered the chief Welsh Hymn-writer of this century, as Williams was of the last century. He published two books of hymns and tunes between 1829 and 1841. He was Vicar of Rhyl, and died in 1850. Although his hymn-books and tunes are not in use now, yet many of his hymns are found in every collection in Wales. [Rev. W. Glanffrwd Thomas]
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Ieuan Glan Geirionydd
