Griffith Anthony
Griffith Anthony (1846 – 13 June 1897) was a musician. He was born in Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, South Wales and worked at a Cwmbwrla's ironworks as a boy.[1] He studied a form of sight-singing called tonic sol-fa and then began to teach music in churches.[1][2] Among the songs, hymn tunes, and anthems that he wrote was Dyddiau dyn sydd fel glaswelltyn (Man, his days are as grass).[1] He was with Babell Chapel of Cwmbwrla when he died 13 June 1897.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Robert David Griffith (1959). "Griffith Anthony". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ "South Wales". The Musical Herald and Tonic Sol-fa Reporter (592). London: 214. 1 July 1897.
- ^ "Death". The South Wales Daily Post. 15 June 1897. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
 | This article about a British composer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |