| 词条 | Gwilym Gwent |
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Gwilym Gwent (28 November 1834 – 3 July 1891) born William Aubrey Williams, was a Welsh composer. Early lifeWilliam Aubrey Williams was born at Tredegar in 1834. As a boy he sang in a choir with his uncle, and trained as a blacksmith. He won prizes for two compositions at the Aberystywyth eisteddfod in 1865.[1] Coal mines and musicWilliams emigrated to America with his wife Cecilia Williams in 1872; they settled in Plymouth, Pennsylvania, in the Wyoming Valley, and (like many other Welsh immigrants there) found work at the anthracite mines. As a blacksmith at Nottingham Colliery, he wrote scores in chalk on any available surface, including the sides of coal cars, earning the nickname "Mozart of the Mines."[2] Although he was in America, he continued to submit compositions and win awards at eisteddfod. His best-known compositions include "Yr Haf (The Summer)", "Y Gwanwyn (The Spring)", and "Y Clychau (The Bells)", all songs for glee choirs.[3] Williams led the first brass band in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He also edited a collection of Welsh hymns with Thomas Jenkins.[4] Death and legacyHe died in 1891, age 56. His funeral drew more than 5000 mourners. Four years later, sufficient funds were raised from the community[5] for a monument to his memory which was unveiled at Hollenback Cemetery in Wilkes-Barre, with music for the occasion provided by Clara Novello Davies and the Royal Welsh Ladies' Choir, then touring America.[3][6] In 1934, a gathering of 500 Welsh-Americans in Wilkes-Barre, including his three daughters, marked the centennial of Gwilym Gwent's birth.[7] Judge Arthur H. James spoke on the occasion:
References1. ^Robert David Griffith, [https://biography.wales/article/s-WILL-AUB-1834 "William Aubrey Williams"] Dictionary of Welsh Biography (National Library of Wales 2009). 2. ^[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4896153/gwilym_gwent_by_phillip_james_and/ "'Gwilym Gwent' Extols 'Mozart of the Mines'"] Wilkes-Barre Record (January 28, 1949): 26. via Newspapers.com{{open access}} 3. ^1 [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZskGAAAAYAAJ&lpg=RA1-PA356&ots=GKpdxL0Lm1&dq=Gwilym%20Gwent&pg=RA1-PA353#v=onepage "The Late William Aubrey Williams (Gwilym Gwent), Plymouth, Pa."] The Cambrian 15(12)(December 1895): 353-357. 4. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=xZCvAwAAQBAJ&lpg=PA362&ots=-H92A0P2dU&dq=%22Gwilym%20Gwent%22%20book%20of%20hymns&pg=PA362#v=onepage "William Aubrey Williams"] in Robert Evans and Maggie Humphreys, eds., Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland (Bloomsbury Publishing 1997): 362. {{ISBN|9781441137968}} 5. ^[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4896070/gwilym_gwent_memorial_fundraiser_1892/ "In Honor of Gwent"] Scranton Republican (November 25, 1892): 5. via Newspapers.com{{open access}} 6. ^[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4896116/gwent_memorial_unveiled_at_wilkesbarre/ "The Gwilym Gwent Monument; It was Yesterday Unveiled in Hollenback Cemetery with Pious Eclat"] Scranton Republican (October 17, 1895): 8. via Newspapers.com{{open access}} 7. ^1 [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3245481/gwilym_gwent_honors_1934/ "Throng Honors Gwilym Gwent"] Wilkes-Barre Record (July 30, 1934): 13. via Newspapers.com{{open access}} External links
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