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Newyddion braf a ddaeth i'n bro

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Author: John Dafydd

Dates from the Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Newyddion braf a ddaeth i'n bro
Author: John Dafydd
Language: Welsh
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

WINCHESTER NEW

The original version of WINCHESTER NEW appeared in Musikalisches Handbuch der geistlichen Melodien, published in Hamburg, Germany, in 1690 by Georg Wittwe. It was set to the text “Wer nur den lieben Gott” (see 446). An expanded version of the tune was a setting for "Dir, dir Jehova" (see 203) in…

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WAUKESHA


HAMBURG

Lowell Mason (PHH 96) composed HAMBURG (named after the German city) in 1824. The tune was published in the 1825 edition of Mason's Handel and Haydn Society Collection of Church Music. Mason indicated that the tune was based on a chant in the first Gregorian tone. HAMBURG is a very simple tune with…

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Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 4 of 4)

Hymnau a thonau at wasanaeth amrywiol gyfarfodydd y cysegr #64

Mawl a chân = praise and song #152a

Old and New Welsh and English Hymns #16a

Page Scan

Pigion o Hymnau #257

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