LOWE, RICHARD (1810 - 1853), weaver and musician

Name: Richard Lowe
Date of birth: 1810
Date of death: 1853
Parent: Mary Lowe
Parent: Mathew Lowe
Gender: Male
Occupation: weaver and musician
Area of activity: Business and Industry; Music
Author: Robert David Griffith

Born in 1810 at Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire, the son of Mathew and Mary Lowe. A weaver by trade, he was taught the elements of music by James and Richard Mills. He was precentor at Llanidloes parish church for many years. Two hymn-tunes by him, ' Pererindod ' and ' Diwygiad,' appeared in Caniadau Seion and its Atodiad (Richard Mills). He moved to Newtown, where he died in 1853.

Author

Robert David Griffith, (1877 - 1958)

Sources

M. O. Jones, Bywgraffiaeth Cerddorion Cymreig (1890)

Additional Links

Wikidata: Q20734291

Published date: 1959

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