DAVIES, ZACCHEUS (fl. 1737-1770), writer of religious carols (halsingod)

Name: Zaccheus Davies
Gender: Male
Occupation: writer of religious carols (halsingod)
Area of activity: Music; Poetry; Religion
Author: Geraint Bowen

living at Moelfryn Mawr, Llanbadarn Trefeglwys, Cardiganshire, in 1770. His compositions are to be seen in NLW MS 609A . According to NLW MS 5705A , he was the author of Traethawd amy Farn published at Caernarvon in 1798, Can am Ddydd y Farn (Swansea, 1802), and Can am y Farn (Aberystwyth, 1809).

Author

Dr Geraint Bowen

Sources

The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1946

Additional Links

Wikidata: Q20734719

Published date: 1959

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