ELLIS, HUW (1714 - 1774), harpist

Name: Huw Ellis
Date of birth: 1714
Date of death: 1774
Gender: Male
Occupation: harpist
Area of activity: Music; Performing Arts
Author: Robert David Griffith

Born at Trawsfynydd, Meironnydd. A skilled player of the 'telyn deir-res' (triple harp), he was considered the best Welsh folk-song player of his time. He met his death by drowning in the river Dysynni, near Towyn, Meironnydd, 5 August 1774, and was buried in Towyn churchyard.

Author

Robert David Griffith, (1877 - 1958)

Sources

Edward Jones, Musical and poetical relicks of the Welsh bards (London 1794), 50
M. O. Jones, Bywgraffiaeth Cerddorion Cymreig (1890)
R. Griffith, Llyfr Cerdd Dannau (Caernarfon 1913)
Edward Jones, Rhestr gyda nodiadau byrion, o Enwogion Cymreig o 1700 i 1900 (1908)

Additional Links

Wikidata: Q20733227

Published date: 1959

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