Join: Feb 2, 2012
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Glyn Tawy (The Vale of Tawy)
- Length: 1:57
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Tags: Chris Grooms Glyn Tawy Welsh Music folk acoustic guitar Tawe Swansea Valley Maria Jane Williams Morganwg Glyn Tawe
A rough-hewn march from the upper reaches of Swansea Valley, collected by Maria Jane Williams, published in Ancient and National Airs of Gwent and Morganwg (1844). Er cof Irfon Jones, bugail olaf y glyn, disgynnydd o deulu Pant Mawr. Guitar: Mario Casella, Catania, Sicily, c. 1915, an 'early...
Difyrrwch Bleddyn ab Cynfyn (Bleddyn ab Cynfyn's Delight)
- Length: 2:56
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- Author: DocGrooms1
Tags: Chris Grooms Welsh Folk Music Acoustic Guitar Bleddyn ab Cynfyn Nicholas Bennett
A processional of majestic drones broken up by a few chokes, jumps, and weaves, collected by Nicholas Bennett in 'Lays of My Land' (Alawon Fy Ngwlad). Bleddyn ab Cynfyn was a revered Welsh king from Powys who, among his many legendary attributes, amended and recodified the ancient laws of Hywel...
Ymdaith Mwngc (The Monk's March)
- Length: 1:48
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Tags: Welsh Folk Music acoustic guitar Chris Grooms Edward Jones Relicks Ymdaith Mwngc Monk's March Playford
A second Welsh variation (as a lullaby or air) of a melody from Edward Jones (Bardd y Brenin),'Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards,' 1784, 162, titled after one General George Monk of Cromwellian infamy (1st Duke of Albemarle, 1608 -- 1670); an earlier version appears also in the John...
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