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THOMAS, DAVID FFRANGCON (1910 - 1963), cellist served in the army and then he studied at Prague with Pravoslav Sadlo and Rafael Kubelik. He had an active career as a soloist in Britain and he travelled to Australia and the Far East. He formed a duet with the harpist Osian Ellis, broadcasting and recording for the Delysé company. He endeavoured to form a Welsh orchestra, and succeeded in holding concerts in 1954-55. He married Dorothy C. Mallinson
HUWS, ALUN 'SBARDUN' (1948 - 2014), musician and composer for many of the most popular and best known singers and performers of Welsh contemporary music. Many of his compositions are amongst the most famous and best known songs in the Welsh language: 'Cwsg Osian' for Sidan from the rock opera Nia Ben Aur; 'Strydoedd Aberstalwm' for Bryn Fôn; 'Dyddiau' for Linda Griffiths; 'Becci'n Chwarae'r Blues' for Heather Jones and a number of other popular songs for

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