John Davies (13 November 1787 – 27 April 1855) was a Welsh (Glamorganshire) stone mason, and a composer. He began his career as a stone-mason, notoriously working by both day and night. He had been taught to play the dulcimer by a lodger at the age of about fourteen, but it was not until he was about thirty that he seriously began to study music, becoming both a performer and a composer.[1]
His works include a number of anthems and hymn tunes, such as "Gethsemane" (Lleuad yr Oes, 1827), which was arranged by Rowland Huw Pritchard.[2]
He died in 1855 in Llanelli, and was buried in Mynydd-bach cemetery.[3]
References
edit- ^ Maggie Humphreys; Robert Evans (1997). Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland. A&C Black. pp. 88–. ISBN 978-0-7201-2330-2.
- ^ Griffith, Robert David. "Prichard, Rowland Huw (1812-1887)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ^ Griffith, Robert David. "John Davies". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
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