EVANS, HUGH (1790 - 1853), veterinary surgeon and musician

Born in 1790, son of Evan and Gwen Evans, Pencraig Fawr, Betws Gwerfyl Goch, Meironnydd. He was a good musician and a skilled player on the 'cello; he also was the precentor at Betws Gwerfyl Goch church. In 1837 was formed ' Cymdeithas Gantorawl Cerrig-y-drudion ' under the auspices of which Evans published Holwyddoreg ar Egwyddorion Peroriaeth, in two-shilling parts, for use at the quarterly meetings of this music society; this work was the means of disseminating knowledge of music over a large part of the country. He died 20 January 1853 at Pen-yr-allt, Llangwm, Denbighshire; he was buried in Betws Gwerfyl Goch churchyard.

Author

• Robert David Griffith, (1877 - 1958)

Sources

• M. O. Jones, Bywgraffiaeth Cerddorion Cymreig (1890)
• Edward Jones, Rhestr gyda nodiadau byrion, o Enwogion Cymreig o 1700 i 1900 (1908)
• Brown and Stratton, British Musical Biography: a dictionary of musical artists, authors and composers, born in Britain and its colonies (Birmingham 1897)

Additional Links

• Wikidata: Q20733189

Published date: 1959

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