ELLIS, ROBERT (1817 - 1893), musician

Name: Robert Ellis
Date of birth: 1817
Date of death: 1893
Gender: Male
Occupation: musician
Area of activity: Music; Religion
Author: Robert David Griffith

Born at Rhuddlan, Flintshire. When he was 17 years of age he went to Manchester, where afterwards he laboured to raise the standard of congregational singing among the Calvinistic Methodists. He composed in 1855 the hymn-tune ' Revel,' 8.7.3, which appeared in Llyfr Tonau Cynulleidfaol, 1859; a hymn-tune named ' Eliza ' composed by him had been published in 1846 in Y Salmydd Cenedlaethol. He died 27 July 1893 and was buried at Manchester.

Author

Robert David Griffith, (1877 - 1958)

Sources

Ionawryn Williams, Geiriadur Bywgraffiadol, yn cynnwys Byr-hanes y Cymry mwyaf adnabyddus fuont yn preswylio yn Manceinion (1896)

Additional Links

Wikidata: Q20734327

Published date: 1959

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