CYNWRIG BENCERDD (15th century), harpist

Name: Cynwrig Bencerdd
Gender: Male
Occupation: harpist
Area of activity: Eisteddfod; Music; Performing Arts
Author: Robert David Griffith

of Holywell, Flintshire. He was the chief musician in the Carmarthen eisteddfod of 1451. The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales contains 'Dechrau Caniad Cynwrig Bencerdd.'

Author

Published date: 1959

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