Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM MATTHEWS (1885 - 1972), musician funeral of David Lloyd George. His hymn-tune 'Llanystumdwy' was composed in memory of Lloyd George. In 1946 he left Anglesey for Colwyn Bay, where he again conducted the local choral society from 1959 to 1968. He was an active supporter of the National Eisteddfod, of which he was invested a Fellow in 1969, and a popular adjudicator at competitions and festivals of all kinds. The University of Wales
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM NANTLAIS (1874 - 1959), minister (Presb.), editor, poet and hymn writer editors of Y Lladmerydd (1922-26), and editor of Yr Efengylydd (1916-33), and Trysorfa'r Plant (1934-47). He composed many hymns for children, indeed there was scarcely anyone more successful than he as a hymn writer for children. These hymns were published in three collections, Moliant Plentyn, part I (1920) and part II (1927), and Clychau'r Gorlan (1942). Many of his fine, inspired hymns are to be
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM SIDNEY GWYNN (1896 - 1978), musician and administrator National Eisteddfod. In 1947, following a suggestion made by the journalist Harold Tudor, he was one of the founders of the Llangollen International Eisteddfod, and retained a close association with that Eisteddfod until his death. He composed several songs which became popular, among them 'God knows', 'God's mercy', and 'My little Welsh home', and he edited volumes of traditional songs: Old Welsh Folk
WYNN, WILLIAM (1709 - 1760), cleric, antiquary, and poet , corresponding with his friends within the Morrisian circle, mainly on these topics, in the light of manuscripts which he had collected and copied. He composed a few cywyddau, ballads, carols, and englynion on the usual subjects of his circle and his period. And though he had not the greatness of Goronwy Owen or Lewis Morris, by his learning and by collecting manuscripts, by his letters and his poetry, with
WYNNE, DAVID (1900 - 1983), composer compositions during week-ends and school holidays, and began a new phase in his life when in 1945 he won the A. J. Clements Composition Prize for his String Quartet no. 1. One of the adjudicators of the competition was the English composer Michael Tippett, who became a close friend and advocate for his work. Wynne composed four symphonies and a number of large-scale chamber works, including five string
WYNNE, ROBERT (d. 1720), cleric and poet buried at Gwyddelwern, 6 November 1745, and administration of his estate was granted to his principal creditor, John Lloyd of Dolyglesyn, Corwen. The englynion composed by and to him at the Bala Eisteddfod of 1738 show that he had also inherited his father's gift for poetry and friendship with poets. Alumni Oxonienses under Robert Wynne needs correction. Three persons of the name held cures in the

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