The Beloved Bard Flute - Digital Sheet Music

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The Welsh melodies used in this publication were collected by Edward Jones (1751-1824), harper to King George IV. Jones was a prolific collector and arranger of melodies and is best remembered for his three-volume work called Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards (1784-1802). Some of Jones’ melodies appear in other sources for Welsh tunes such as John Parry’s (‘Bardd Alaw’) Welsh Melodies (1809), Maria Jane Williams’ Ancient National Airs of Gwent and Morgannwg (1844), and John Thomas’ (‘Pencerdd Gwalia’) three volumes of Welsh Melodies (1862-1874). Jones’ melodies are often slightly different than familiar versions of the tunes that appear in later collections. After all, they are based in folk music – a form that continually evolves.

Table of Contents

Dafydd y Garreg-Lâs (David of the Blue Stone)
Y Gofid Glâs (The Blue Devils)
Syr Harri Ddu (Sir Harry Black)
Morfa Rhuddlan (Marsh of Rhuddlan)
Ar Hyd y Nos (All Through the Night)
Mentra Gwen (Venture Gwen)
Diddanwch Gruffydd ap Cynan (Delight of Gruffydd Son Conan)
Merch Megan (Megan’s Daughter)
Suo-Gan(Lullaby Song)
Dewis Meinwen (Fair One’s Choice)
Megan a Gollodd ei Gardas (Megan Who Lost Her Garter)
Dafydd y Garren-Wen (David of the White Rock)
Glan Feddwdod Mwyn (Sweet Intoxication)
Y Gàlon Drom (The Heavy Heart)
Codiad yr Hedydd (Rising of the Lark)
Maldod Arglwyddes Owen (Lady Owen’s Favorite)
Eryri Wen (White Snowdon)
Breuddwyd y Frenhines (The Queen’s Dream)
Llwyn-Onn (The Ash Grove).