John Davies (13 November 1787 – 27 April 1855) was a Welsh (
Glamorganshire
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* West Glamorgan
* Mid Glamorgan
* South Glamorgan
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) stone mason, and a composer. He began his career as a stone-mason, notoriously working by both day and night. He had been taught to play the dulcimer by a lodger at the age of about fourteen, but it was not until he was about thirty that he seriously began to study music, becoming both a performer and a composer.
His works include a number of anthems and hymn tunes, such as "Gethsemane" (''Lleuad yr Oes'', 1827), which was arranged by Rowland Huw Pritchard.
He died in 1855 in
Llanelli
Llanelli ("St Elli's Parish"; ) is a market town and the largest community in Carmarthenshire and the preserved county of Dyfed, Wales. It is located on the Loughor estuary north-west of Swansea and south-east of the county town, Carmarthen. ...
, and was buried in
Mynydd-bach
Mynydd-Bach or Mynydd-bach is a suburban district and community in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, It falls within the coterminous Mynydd-Bach ward. The name Mynydd-Bach ("little mountain") refers to a small plateau, centred about north ...
cemetery.
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1787 births
1855 deaths
19th-century Welsh musicians
19th-century British composers
Welsh classical composers
Welsh male classical composers
19th-century British male musicians
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