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Dilys Elwyn Edwards
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Dilys Roberts
(1918-08-19 ) 19 August 1918Died 13 January 2012(2012-01-13) (aged 93 ) Nationality Welsh Occupation Composer Known for Mae Hiraeth yn y Môr
Dilys Elwyn-Edwards (née Roberts ; 19 August 1918 – 13 January 2012) was a Welsh-language composer , lecturer and accompanist .
Biography [ edit ]
Dilys Roberts was born on 19 August 1918[1] in Dolgellau , Wales. She attended Dr Williams' School for Girls ,[2] Girton College , Cambridge and the Dr. Joseph Parry Scholarship, from Cardiff University .[3] Royal College of Music in London and studied composition with Herbert Howells and piano with Kathleen McQuitty there.[3]
She married David Elwyn Edwards, a Methodist minister and theological scholar, in 1947.[4] [5]
In the 1960s they moved back to Wales,[3] Bangor Normal College and Bangor University in North Wales, where she proved to be a popular, effective and much-respected teacher of the instrument. She was also an Eisteddfod adjudicator,[3] [4] BBC commissioned a number of works from her.[6] Llanberis , Gwynedd, aged 93.[7]
She was known for her soft, melodic art songs (Lied ) for voice in both Welsh and English. Charlotte Church [8] Aled Jones [9] Caneuon y Tri Aderyn (Three Welsh Bird Songs ; 1962): Y Gylfinir (The Curlew ), Tylluanod (Owls ), and her most famous song, Mae Hiraeth yn y Môr (There is longing in the sea , R. Williams Parry 's sonnet set to music). This work was commissioned by the BBC in 1961 for the Welsh tenor Kenneth Bowen.[6] Bryn Terfel recorded in 2004 on his DG CD "Silent Noon" The Cloths of Heaven/ Gwisg Nefoedd [10] W.B. Yeats [11]
Aderyn Crist (The Bird of Christ), 1948
Memory Come Hither (text by William Blake), 1954
Gwlad Hud (Countryside Magic), 1955
Gwraig Lleu (The Wife of Llew)
Y Darganfyddiad (The Find)
Yr Hela Hud (A Fairy Hunt)
Dylluan Deg (Sweet Suffolk Owl), 1957
In Faerie, 1959
Mari Lawen (Merry Margaret), 1959
Chwe Chân i Blant (Six Songs for Children), 1959
Y Ddwy Wydd Dew (The Two Fat Geese)
Pen Felyn (Golden Hair)
Hwyaden (The Duckling)
Morys y Gwynt (Morris the Wind)
Cwningod (Rabbits)
Guto Benfelyn (Goldheaded Gitto)
Caneuon y Tri Aderyn (Songs of the Three Birds), 1962, Solo-S/T
Y Gylfinir (The Curlew)
Tylluanod (The Owls)
Mae Hiraeth yn y Môr (There's Longing in the Sea)
Caneuon Gwynedd (Songs for Gwynedd)
Rhos y Pererinion (The Pilgrims' Isle)
Rhodio’r Fenai (Beside the Wide Menai)
Ynys Afallon (The Isle of Avalon)
The Shepherd (text by William Blake), 1968
Tre-saith. Geiriau gan Cynan (What do you see in Tre-saith ? ), 1970, SATB
Enter these enchanted woods (text by George Meredith), 1972
Caneuon Natur (Nature Songs), 1977
Y Mynydd (The Mountain)
Deilen (Leaves)
Noson o Haf (Night of Summer)
Eirlysiau (Snowdrops), 1979
Y Llong (A Ship on the Blue Sea), 1979
Salm 23 (Psalm 23)
Salm 121 : Codi fly llygaid wnaf i'r bryniau draw (Psalm 121: I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills) (1985)
Salm 100 (Psalm 100)
Hwiangerddi (Lullabies), 1986, Solo
Boneddwr mawr o'r Bala (The gentleman from Bala)
Cysga di (Go to sleep)
Y gwcw (The cuckoo)
Hwyaid (Ducks)
Mae gen i ddafad gorniog (I have a horned sheep)
Mae gen i ebol melyn (I have a yellow colt)
Pedoli (The horseshoe)
Pwsi meri mew (The Kitty Cat)
Caneuon y tymhorau (Songs of the Seasons), 1991–1993
Gaeaf (Winter)
Y Gwanwyn (Spring)
Yr Haf (Summer)
Hydref (Autumn)
Bro a mynydd: dwy gan i fariton a phiano (Two songs for baritone and piano), 1993, B
Mi Welais Dair o Longau (I Saw Three Ships), 1993, Solo
Dwy Gân i Fair (Two Songs for Mary), 1997
Dywed, Fair (Tell us, Mary)
Noël (Noël)
Yr Eos (The Nightingale), 1997
Cân a Dwy Garol, 1998
Llygad y Dydd yn Ebrill (A Daisy in April)
Ave Maris Stella (Hail, Star of the Sea)
Stille Nacht (Silent Night)
Y Griafolen (The Rowan-Tree), 2001, Solo-S/T
Dwy gerdd gan Walter de la Mare (Two poems by Walter de la Mare), 2002, Solo-S/T
Cerddoriaeth (Music)
Beddargraff (An Epitaph)
Ar gyfer heddiw'r bore (For this morning), SATB
Can y tri llanc (Song of 3 youths), SATB
Clychau'r Gôg (Bluebells)
Ffliwt a phib (Sound the Flute)
Hynod Hen (All that's past) (text by Walter de la Mare)
Offeren Fer (Missa Brevis , Short mass), SATB
In Excelsis Gloria
Jubilate Deo
Molwch yr Arglwydd (Laudate Dominum, Praise the Lord)
Kyrie
Pum can fyfyriol (Five Reflective Songs) (These appear in other song cycles)
Dywed, Fair (Tell us, Mary)
Noël (Noël)
Rhos y Pererinion (The Pilgrims' Isle):
Rhodio'r Fenai (Beside the Wide Menai)
Ynys Afallon (The Isle of Avalon)
Roedd yn y wlad honno (It was in that country), SATB
The cloths of heaven (text by William Butler Yeats)
Further reading [ edit ]
Dilys Elwyn-Edwards and P. Kinney: "Songwriter to Singer", Welsh Music , vi/4 (1980), pp. 7–13
G. Lewis: "Caneuron y Tri Aderyn", Welsh Music , viii/6 (1987)
References [ edit ]
^ a b c d Lewis, Geraint. "Dilys Elwyn-Edwards: True to Nature" , Contemporary Music Review , vol 11, Issue 1, 1994, pp. 85-87.
^ a b Melrose, David. International who's who in music and musicians' directory: In the classical and light classical fields, 12th edition Cambridge, England : International Who's Who in Music , 1990, p. 235.
^ Dees, Pamela Youngdahl. Dilys Elwyn-Edwards' profile at A Guide to Piano Music by Women Composers . Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2004. p. 63.
^ a b Jones, Aled. Ave Maria CD Booklet. 1994, p. 16.
^ "Composer Dilys Elwyn-Edwards dies at 93" . BBC. 18 January 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2012 .
^ Charlotte Church. "Voice of an Angel". Sony Classical, 1998
^ Jones, Aled. Ave Maria . Sain, 2005. CD.
^ "Elwyn-Edwards: The Cloths of Heaven" . Amazon .
^ "Aedh wishes for the Cloths of Heaven" , The Wind Among the Reeds . New York: J. Lane, The Bodley Head, 1899; Bartleby.com, 1999.
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