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|f_annotation='''MORFA RHUDDLAN.''' AKA - "[[Marsh of Rhuddlan (The)]]," "Marsh of Rhyddlan," "[[Merva Rhuddlan]]," "Morfa Rhyddlan," "[[Rhuddlan Marsh]]." Welsh, Air (3/4 time). A Minor (Aird) : G Minor (Howe, Jones). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Edward Jones (1752-1824), of Henblas, Llandderfel, Meirion, the harpist to George IV as prince and king, in his '''Musical Relicks of the Welsh Bards''' (1784) explains: | |f_annotation='''MORFA RHUDDLAN.''' AKA - "[[Marsh of Rhuddlan (The)]]," "Marsh of Rhyddlan," "[[Merva Rhuddlan]]," "Morfa Rhyddlan," "[[Rhuddlan Marsh]]." Welsh, Air (3/4 time). A Minor (Aird) : G Minor (Howe, Jones). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Edward Jones (1752-1824), of Henblas, Llandderfel, Meirion, the harpist to George IV as prince and king, in his '''Musical Relicks of the Welsh Bards''' (1784) explains: | ||
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''Morfa Rhuddlan, or the Red Marsh, on the banks of the Clwyd in Flintshire, was the scene'' | |||
''of many Battles of the Welsh with the Saxons. At the memorable conflict in'' | ''of many Battles of the Welsh with the Saxons. At the memorable conflict in'' | ||
''795, the Welsh were unsuccessful and their Monarch, Caradog slain. It is unknown'' | ''795, the Welsh were unsuccessful and their Monarch, Caradog slain. It is unknown'' | ||
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''subjects. Our Music probably received a Pathetic tincture from our distresses under'' | ''subjects. Our Music probably received a Pathetic tincture from our distresses under'' | ||
''the oppression of the Saxons.'' | ''the oppression of the Saxons.'' | ||
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Sabine Baring-Gould further discusses the melody in '''A Book of North Wales''' (1903): | Sabine Baring-Gould further discusses the melody in '''A Book of North Wales''' (1903): | ||
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''Between S. Asaph and Rhyl is Rhuddlan with its castle in ruins. Formerly the tide'' | |||
''washed its walls. The marsh, Morfa Rhuddlan, was the scene of a great battle,'' | ''washed its walls. The marsh, Morfa Rhuddlan, was the scene of a great battle,'' | ||
''fought against the Saxons in 796, in which the Welsh, under their King Carradog,'' | ''fought against the Saxons in 796, in which the Welsh, under their King Carradog,'' | ||
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''adapted to it by Iean Glan Geirionydd, who lived a thousand years after the event'' | ''adapted to it by Iean Glan Geirionydd, who lived a thousand years after the event'' | ||
''of this battle.'' | ''of this battle.'' | ||
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A version of "Morfa Rhuddlan" occurs in Frances Peacock's '''Fifty Favourite Scotch Airs''' published in 1762 under the title "An Old Welsh Tune." William Jones of Llangadfan, born in 1726, stated that “'Morfa Rhuddlan' is a very pleasant Dance if all the party perform their parts well.” | A version of "Morfa Rhuddlan" occurs in Frances Peacock's '''Fifty Favourite Scotch Airs''' published in 1762 under the title "An Old Welsh Tune." William Jones of Llangadfan, born in 1726, stated that “'Morfa Rhuddlan' is a very pleasant Dance if all the party perform their parts well.” | ||
|f_printed_sources=Aird ('''Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5'''), Glasgow, 1797; No. 43, p. 17. Bingley ('''North Wales...delineated from two excursions, vol. 2'''), 1804; p. 6. Elias Howe ('''Musician’s Omnibus Nos. 6 & 7'''), Boston, 1880-1882; p. 620. Edward Jones ('''Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards'''), 1784; | |f_printed_sources=Aird ('''Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5'''), Glasgow, 1797; No. 43, p. 17. Bingley ('''North Wales...delineated from two excursions, vol. 2'''), 1804; p. 6. Elias Howe ('''Musician’s Omnibus Nos. 6 & 7'''), Boston, 1880-1882; p. 620. Edward Jones ('''Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards'''), 1784; | ||
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MORFA RHUDDLAN. AKA - "Marsh of Rhuddlan (The)," "Marsh of Rhyddlan," "Merva Rhuddlan," "Morfa Rhyddlan," "Rhuddlan Marsh." Welsh, Air (3/4 time). A Minor (Aird) : G Minor (Howe, Jones). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Edward Jones (1752-1824), of Henblas, Llandderfel, Meirion, the harpist to George IV as prince and king, in his Musical Relicks of the Welsh Bards (1784) explains:
Morfa Rhuddlan, or the Red Marsh, on the banks of the Clwyd in Flintshire, was the scene of many Battles of the Welsh with the Saxons. At the memorable conflict in 795, the Welsh were unsuccessful and their Monarch, Caradog slain. It is unknown whether this celebrated tune took its name from this or some later occasion … This plaintive style, so predominant in Welsh music, is well adapted to melancholy subjects. Our Music probably received a Pathetic tincture from our distresses under the oppression of the Saxons.
Sabine Baring-Gould further discusses the melody in A Book of North Wales (1903):
Between S. Asaph and Rhyl is Rhuddlan with its castle in ruins. Formerly the tide washed its walls. The marsh, Morfa Rhuddlan, was the scene of a great battle, fought against the Saxons in 796, in which the Welsh, under their King Carradog, were defeated with great slaughter, and the prisoners taken were all put to the sword. The beautiful melody "Morfa Rhuddlan" has been supposed to pertain to a lament composed on that occassion; but the character of the melody is not earlier than the seventeenth century, and it apparently owes its name to the verses adapted to it by Iean Glan Geirionydd, who lived a thousand years after the event of this battle.
A version of "Morfa Rhuddlan" occurs in Frances Peacock's Fifty Favourite Scotch Airs published in 1762 under the title "An Old Welsh Tune." William Jones of Llangadfan, born in 1726, stated that “'Morfa Rhuddlan' is a very pleasant Dance if all the party perform their parts well.”
