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The Physicians of Myddfai (Welsh: Meddygon Myddfai) were, according to local folklore, a succession of physicians who lived in the parish of Myddfai in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The folklore places their first appearance in the 13th century, when Rhiwallon the Physician and his three sons were doctors to Rhys Gryg , prince of Deheubarth .
He also translated Meddygon Myddfai, the Physicians of Myddfai, published by the Welsh MSS. Society in 1864. Four of Buddug's brothers were physicians, three of whom - John Eliot Howard (died 1880), Rheinallt Navalaw, Taliesin William Owen (died 1893) - practised at Liverpool , and David Roberts (died 1885), who lived in Montgomeryshire.
The Doctor of Myddfai is an opera in two acts composed by Peter Maxwell Davies to a libretto by David Pountney. The work premiered at the New Theatre in Cardiff on 5 June 1996, performed by the Welsh National Opera and conducted by Richard Armstrong .
Sir David Willoughby Pountney CBE (born 10 September 1947) is a British-Polish [1] [2] theatre and opera director and librettist internationally known for his productions of rarely performed operas and new productions of classic works.
He translated from mediaeval Welsh The Physicians of Myddfai - Cures and Remedies of the Medieval World. In 2002, Stephens wrote of Breverton's 100 Great Welshmen and 100 Great Welsh Women in the Western Mail Magazine; "both are really extraordinary achievements by a single author whose industry and enterprise seem to show no bounds."
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Sir Peter Maxwell Davies CH CBE (8 September 1934 – 14 March 2016) was an English composer and conductor, who in 2004 was made Master of the Queen's Music. [1]As a student at both the University of Manchester and the Royal Manchester College of Music, Davies formed a group dedicated to contemporary music called the New Music Manchester with fellow students Harrison Birtwistle, Alexander ...
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