Composer: Rowland Huw Pritchard

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Biography

Rowland Huw Pritchard (1811 - 1887) was a Welsh musician born at Y Graienyn, near Bala. His father was poet Rolant Huw. He worked throughout his life in the cause of music and congregational singing. In 1844 he published Cyfaill y Cantorion, which contained about forty hymn-tunes, most of them composed by himself, and including the well-known Hyfrydol, which he wrote when he was 20.