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-From the Preseli Hills

-and Mynachlog-ddu...

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-..welcome to

-Dechrau Canu Dechrau Canmol.

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-# Soli Deo gloria

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-# Soli Deo gloria

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-# Soli Deo gloria #

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-We begin the programme

-with a jubilant hymn.

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-"Gorfoleddwn heddiw

-a moliannus lef...

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-"..rhown yn ewyllysgar

-fawl mewn anthem gref."

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-It was a verse from Psalm 81...

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-..which inspired

-JJ Williams, Morriston...

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-..to write the hymn,

-Ynot, Arglwydd, Gorfoleddwn.

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-Verse seven of the psalm reads...

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-.."In your distress you called

-and I rescued you.

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-"I answered you

-out of a thundercloud."

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-TR Williams, composer

-of the hymn tune Pant-Gwyn...

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-..was a prolific musician in his

-home county of Caernarvonshire...

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-..in the Edwardian era.

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-The famous preacher,

-David Jones Treborth...

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-..is the owner of one of the most

-memorable couplets in our hymnary.

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-"Mae Duw yn llond pob lle,

-presennol ym mhob man."

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-It was first published in 1848.

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-It's sung to the hymn tune Maelor...

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-..written by

-John Hughes, Dolgellau...

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-..who worked tirelessly

-as a conductor...

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-..a music arranger and

-editor of the Baptists' hymn book.

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-Edmwnd Prys, like his fellow student

-at Cambridge, William Morgan...

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-..was a gifted linguist.

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-Like his friend

-at St John's College...

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-..he went on to enjoy a successful

-career within the Anglican Church.

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-"Disgwyliaf o'r mynyddoedd draw,

-ble daw im help 'wyllysgar"...

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-..comes from his most prominent

-work, Salmau Can, from 1621.

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-In this case, it's Psalm 121

-that's been turned into verse.

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-Benjamin Williams, Llandudno, is the

-author of the hymn tune, Deganwy.

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-Though the words

-of Morgan Rhys, Cilycwm, are old...

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-..they're just as powerful as

-they were at the end of the 18thC.

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-The one word which stands out

-throughout the hymn is Dewch (Come).

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-"Dewch at yr Iesu,

-mae'i freichiau'n aros i'ch derbyn."

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-The priest, JD Edwards,

-was the first to publish...

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-..a book of hymn tunes for the

-Anglican Church in Wales in 1839.

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-It was in that book that

-the hymn tune 'Lovely' appeared...

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-..which has

-since been renamed Rhosymedre.

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-Pedr Fardd, Caernarvonshire...

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-..was very active in spreading

-the Christian gospel in Liverpool...

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-..in the early 19th century.

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-He was a literary writer

-and hymnist...

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-..who published

-many pamphlets and booklets...

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-..for the Calvinistic Methodist

-Sunday schools in the city.

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-The hymn tune Hursley

-has its origins in Austria...

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-..at the end of the 18th century.

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-The music travelled to London

-in the Victorian era...

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-..and it was there that it was given

-a new English name.

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-Elfed's contribution...

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-..to Wales' Christian, literary

-and cultural life is substantial.

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-Decades before

-the Revival took hold of him...

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-..Elfed had won

-the Eisteddfod Crown...

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-..with his pryddest,

-Y Sabath Yng Nghymru...

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-..as well as the Bardic Chair.

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-He wrote a hymn,

-urging his fellow Christians...

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-..not to become disheartened in

-their work building God's kingdom...

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-..here on Earth.

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-Ieuan Gwyllt rescued the German

-hymn tune Alexander from oblivion...

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-..by including it in his book

-of congregational tunes in 1859.

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-The words of Yn Y Dwys Ddistawrwydd

-originate in South Africa.

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-Nantlais translated the words

-of missionary Emily Grimes.

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-Haydn Jones, Penygroes,

-Carmarthenshire...

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-..composed

-the Maesybryn hymn tune...

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-..which was first published in

-Llawlyfr Moliant Newydd in 1955.

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-Some wonderful singing there

-from Bethel Chapel, Mynachlog-ddu.

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-I hope you've enjoyed the cymanfa

-and will join us again next week.

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-We end the programme with Mary Owen,

-Llansawel's uplifting hymn.

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-Dyma Gariad Pwy A'i Traetha?

-Anchwiliadwy Ydyw Ef.

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-From everyone here

-in Mynachlog-ddu, goodbye.

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