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Blaenwern is a Welsh Christian hymn tune composed by William Penfro Rowlands (1860–1937), during the Welsh revival of 1904–1905. It was first published in Henry H. Jones' Cân a Moliant (1915). The metre of the tune is 8.7.8.7.D (alternating lines of eight and seven syllables) in F major or G major key, or occasionally A flat major.
William "Penfro" Rowlands (19 April 1860 – 22 October 1937) [1] was a Welsh schoolteacher and composer. [2]Rowlands was born at Llys y Frân, Maenclochog, Pembrokeshire (Sir Benfro in the Welsh language, hence his middle name).
The hymn's lyrics refer to the heavenly host: "Thee we would be always blessing / serve thee with thy hosts above".. At its first appearance, the hymn was in four stanzas of eight lines (8.7.8.7.D), and this four-stanza version remains in common and current use to the present day, being taken up as early as 1760 in Anglican collections such as those by Madan (1760 and 1767), Conyers (1772 ...
Hyfrydol has been used as a setting for William Chatterton Dix's hymn "Alleluia! Sing to Jesus", Charles Wesley's "Love Divine, All Loves Excelling" and "Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus", Francis Harold Rowley's "I Will Sing the Wondrous Story" (1886), John Wilbur Chapman's "Our Great Savior (Jesus What A Friend of Sinners)" (1910) and Philip Bliss's "I Will Sing of My Redeemer" (1876), the ...
William Penfro Rowlands's hymn tune "Blaenwern" is first published in Henry H. Jones' Cân a Moliant. Marie and Edward M. Zimmerman's suffrage anthem "Votes for Woman, Suffrage Rallying Song" is published. [6]
W. Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme; Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit; Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan; Was willst du dich betrüben; Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende
Band of Brothers is the second studio album by the choir Only Men Aloud!.Unlike their self-titled debut, it featured several traditional Welsh songs, the album closing with a version of "Land of My Fathers".
William Penfro Rowlands - "Blaenwern" (hymn tune), in Henry H. Jones' Cân a Moliant; Film. The Birth of a Nation directed by Welsh-descended D. W. Griffith.