HUGHES, DAVID (Cristiolus Môn, 1810 - 1881), musician
Pseudonym: Cristiolus Môn
Date of birth: 1810
Date of death: 1881
Gender: Male
Occupation: musician
Area of activity: Music; Performing Arts
Author: Robert David Griffith
Born in Llangristiolus, Anglesey. After some years as schoolmaster at Trefdraeth and elsewhere in Anglesey, and at Rhewl, near Ruthin, he became a reader in the printing-office of Thomas Gee, Denbigh; he was afterwards a book-binder (self-taught) and, still later, an accounts clerk in the service of John Parry, glover, Denbigh and Oswestry. He played a leading part in the founding of an Anglesey musical society and was the conductor at the first festival of the society, held in 1835. In 1843 he published Y Perorydd Cysegredig and, in 1851, Yr Athraw Cerddorol. He died 13 October 1881.
Author
- Robert David Griffith, (1877 - 1958)
- Cronicl y Cerddor, 1881
- M. O. Jones, Bywgraffiaeth Cerddorion Cymreig (1890)
- Edward Jones, Rhestr gyda nodiadau byrion, o Enwogion Cymreig o 1700 i 1900 (1908)
- R. Hughes, Enwogion Môn, 1850–1912 (Dolgellau 1913)
Sources
Published date: 1959
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