The Songs of Wales (Richards, Brinley)

First Publication 1873
Genre Categories Folksongs; Songs; For voice, piano; [9 more...]For voices with keyboard; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the piano; For 4 voices, piano; For voice, mixed chorus, piano; For voices and chorus with keyboard; Scores featuring mixed chorus; English language; Welsh language

Sheet Music

Scores

Editor 4th edition
Brinley Richards
Publisher. Info. London: Boosey & Co., 1879.
Copyright
Public Domain
Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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General Information

Work Title The Songs of Wales
Alternative. Title Caneuon Cymru. With English words by Sir Walter Scott, Mrs. Hemans, John Oxenford, Walter Maynard, Miss Hayes, &c. and Welsh words by Ceiroy Hughes
Composer Richards, Brinley
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IBR 25
First Publication. 1873
Librettist Authors of English texts:
Miss M. S. Lawrence
Walter Scott
Felicia Hemans
John Oxenford
Walter Maynard
Maria X. Hayes (mainly translations from Welsh)
Francis Hastings Doyle
Anon.
John Thomas (Ieaun Ddu), of Merthyr
Henry Davies
George Linley
Charles Kenney
Mrs Grant
Edward Gilbertson
A. P. Graves


Authors of Welsh texts:

John Ceiriog Hughes (1832-1887)
John Thomas (Ieaun Ddu), of Merthyr
T. Tudno Jones
Mynyddog
Will Hopkin
Evan James
Anon.
Traditional
Language English ; Welsh
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voice and piano; 4 voices, piano; voice, mixed chorus, piano

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Some tunes are taken from Jane Williams' (unpublished) Collection of Welsh Music (which gained a prize at the Abergavenny Eisteddfod of 1837). Some tunes are by John Parry (Bardd Alaw), and 2 are by Brinley Richards; 1 by James James.

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