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'''PEN-RHAW | '''PEN-RHAW''' (The Spade/Shovel Head). Welsh, Air (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A traditional Welsh harp air. Robin Huw Bowen remarks that the piece has been a vehicle in the past for ''penillion'', a type of singing verses to harp airs which demands that the singer start after the harp, render the song (of a different metre and phrase length) in counterpoint, and finish at the same time! Blind harper Edward Jones of Llangollen played this tune in 1828 when he won the prize of the Silver Harp at the Eisteddvod (the Bardic Congress) held at Denbigh. The melody has been called a 'corruption' of "[[John Come Kiss Me Now]]." Gruffydd Ben Rhaw was the name of a Welsh bard who lived at the beginning of the fifteenth century. | ||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Flying Fish FF70610, Robin Huw Bowen – “Telyn Berseiniol Fy Ngwlad/The Sweet Harp of My Land” (1996).</font> | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Flying Fish FF70610, Robin Huw Bowen – “Telyn Berseiniol Fy Ngwlad/The Sweet Harp of My Land” (1996). Nansi Richards - "Rough Guide to the Music of Wales" </font> | ||
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PEN-RHAW (The Spade/Shovel Head). Welsh, Air (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A traditional Welsh harp air. Robin Huw Bowen remarks that the piece has been a vehicle in the past for penillion, a type of singing verses to harp airs which demands that the singer start after the harp, render the song (of a different metre and phrase length) in counterpoint, and finish at the same time! Blind harper Edward Jones of Llangollen played this tune in 1828 when he won the prize of the Silver Harp at the Eisteddvod (the Bardic Congress) held at Denbigh. The melody has been called a 'corruption' of "John Come Kiss Me Now." Gruffydd Ben Rhaw was the name of a Welsh bard who lived at the beginning of the fifteenth century.
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Recorded sources: Flying Fish FF70610, Robin Huw Bowen – “Telyn Berseiniol Fy Ngwlad/The Sweet Harp of My Land” (1996). Nansi Richards - "Rough Guide to the Music of Wales"