Composer: Joseph David Jones
From HymnsWithoutWords
Biography
Joseph David Jones (1827 - 1870) (sometimes referred to as John David Jones) was born in Bryngrugog, Montgomeryshire, Wales. Jones’ parents were apparently so poor they could only give him a year’s schooling. Despite this he spent his childhood learning all he could about music. Before he was 20 years old, he published a few psalm tunes under the title Y Perganiedydd (The Sweet Singer). This publication created sufficient funds for him to attend college in London. He was the father of industrialist Sir Henry Haydn Jones. He is also remembered as head of Rhos Street School, and later founded the Clwyd Bank Academy, a private grammar school in Rhuthyn, Wales. He died and is buried there.
