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Wales has a history of using music as a primary form of communication. [1] Harmony and part singing is synonymous with Welsh music. Examples of well-developed, vertical harmony can be found in the Robert ap Huw Manuscript dating back to the 1600s. This text contains pieces of Welsh music from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries that show ...
Welsh Music History / Hanes Cerddoriaeth Cymru is published by the University of Wales Press on behalf of the Centre for Advanced Welsh Music Studies, Bangor University.It is a biennial bilingual journal contain academic articles and reviews relating to Welsh music and music in Wales.
Welsh folk music (Welsh: Cerddoriaeth werin Gymreig) refers to music that is traditionally sung or played in Wales, by Welsh people or originating from Wales. Folk artists include; traditional bands Calan and Ar log ; harpists Sian James , Catrin Finch and Nansi Richards and folk singer Dafydd Iwan .
Robert ap Huw (or Hugh; [1] c.1580 – 1665), was a Welsh harpist and music copyist. He is most notable for compiling a manuscript, now known as the Robert ap Huw manuscript, which is the main extant source of cerdd dant and is a late medieval collection of harp music. It is one of the most important sources of early Welsh music.
Welsh music history (2 C, 9 P) I. Welsh music industry (6 C, 2 P) Welsh musical instruments (10 P) M. Music organisations based in Wales (4 C, 4 P) R.
Welsh folk music (5 C, 13 P) I. Welsh musical instruments (10 P) Pages in category "Welsh music history" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
The principal Welsh festival of music and poetry is the annual National Eisteddfod. [93] The Llangollen International Eisteddfod echoes the National Eisteddfod but provides an opportunity for the singers and musicians of the world to perform. [94] Traditional music and dance in Wales is supported by many societies.
Poetry was called music of the tongue and string music was called music of the string ("Cerdd Dant"). [1] The Welsh word "cerdd" can mean either poetry or music. When bardic music died out, the knowledge of how the music was set also died out. [2] [3]