David Davies (1810 – 1875) was a Welsh (

Montgomeryshire Montgomeryshire, also known as ''Maldwyn'' ( cy, Sir Drefaldwyn meaning "the Shire of Baldwin's town"), is one of thirteen historic counties of Wales, historic counties and a former administrative county of Wales. It is named after its county tow ...

) composer. He was tenant of a small farm where he is said to have composed the well-known hymn-tune "Glan'rafon" (first published in ''Llyfr Emynau a Thonau'' 1868), in a cowshed in a small meadow beside the

River Rhiw The River Rhiw ( cy, Afon Rhiw meaning 'slope river' or 'stream river') is a short river in the north of Powys in Wales. Two headwater tributaries both named Afon Rhiw flow east to join at Dwyrhiew and then continue in a generally easterly direc ...

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1810 births 1875 deaths 19th-century Welsh musicians 19th-century British composers {{wales-bio-stub