HUGHES, EDWARD ('Eos Maldwyn '; died 1862), harpist

Name: Edward Hughes
Pseudonym: Eos Maldwyn
Date of death: 1862
Parent: William Hughes
Gender: Male
Occupation: harpist
Area of activity: Music; Performing Arts
Author: Robert David Griffith

son of William Hughes, harpist, Llansantffraed, Montgomeryshire ' Eos Maldwyn ' won a valuable harp at one of the eisteddfodau organised by Cymreigyddion y Fenni (Abergavenny). He died of tuberculosis in Liverpool, 9 December 1862.

Author

Robert David Griffith, (1877 - 1958)

Sources

Idris Fychan, 'Hanes canu gyda'r tannau', The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1885
M. O. Jones, Bywgraffiaeth Cerddorion Cymreig (1890)(1890)
R. Williams, Montgomeryshire Worthies (1894)
R. Griffith, Llyfr Cerdd Dannau (Caernarfon 1913)(1913)
Edward Jones, Rhestr gyda nodiadau byrion, o Enwogion Cymreig o 1700 i 1900 (1908)

Additional Links

Wikidata: Q20821118

Published date: 2001

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