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Theme code Index
316L0 35L3L0
Also known as
Merthyr Ballad Singers
Composer/Core Source
Region
England
Genre/Style
Welsh
Meter/Rhythm
Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of
B
Accidental
2 flats
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
2/4
History
Structure
AB, AABB
Editor/Compiler
Biography:Nicholas Bennett
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Alawon Fy Ngwlad/Lays of My Land vol. 1
Tune and/or Page number
p. 56
Year of publication/Date of MS
1896
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score 1 )
X:1
T:Baledwyr Merthyr
T:Merthyr Ballad Singers
M:2/4
L:1/8
Q:"Moderato"
R:Air
B:Nicholas Bennett – Alawon fy Ngwlad (1896, p. 56)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Bb
B|(d>B) BA|(G/A/B) zB|(d>F) (FE)|(D/E/F) zF|d>BBB|cd(e>d)|
(c>B)AG|F2 z||A|c>ccd|G>GGB|B>BAG|F2 zF|DF B>G|
AB(c>A)|Bc(d>c)|(Bd)(f>e)|(d/c/B F/G/A)|[D3B3]||
Sheet Music for "Baledwyr Merthyr" Baledwyr Merthyr Merthyr Ballad Singers Air Moderato Book: Nicholas Bennett – Alawon fy Ngwlad (1896, p. 56) Transcription: AK/Fiddler’s Companion
X:1
T:Bladurwyr Merthyr Mwyn
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Air
B:Llewelyn Alaw’s Collection of Unpublished Welsh Airs (1858, No. 13, p. 4)
N:Harper Thomas Llewelyn’s collection won a prize at the Llangollen Eisteddfod of 1858.
B:
https://viewer.library.wales/5822313#?xywh=67%2C3599%2C3275%2C2749&cv=8
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Bb
B|d>B BA|(G/A/) zB|d>F FE|(D/E/)F zF|[Bd]B B>B|cd e>d|
c>B AG|F2z::A|c>c cd|G>G GA|B>B AG|F2 zF|DF B>G|
AB c>A|[Bd][cd] d>c|Bd f>e|(d/c/B) (F/G/) A|B3:|]
Sheet Music for "Bladurwyr Merthyr Mwyn" Bladurwyr Merthyr Mwyn Air Book: Llewelyn Alaw’s Collection of Unpublished Welsh Airs (1858, No. 13, p. 4) Notes: Harper Thomas Llewelyn’s collection won a prize at the Llangollen Eisteddfod of 1858. Transcription: AK/Fiddler’s Companion
