Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
With Kevin our melodeon player away on a short holiday, fiddle player Robin and myself recorded another eight sets of tunes this week.
Set 6 is Robin's favourite tune, Dafydd Y Garreg Wen, (David of the White Rock), a Welsh air and folk song.
According to Wikipedia:
There is a tradition that the tune was composed by David Owen (1712–1741), a harpist and composer who lived near Porthmadog in Caernarfonshire. He was known locally as Dafydd y Garreg Wen (English: David of the White Rock). Y Garreg Wen was the name of the farm where he lived near Morfa Bychan. There is a tradition that as Owen lay on his death bed, he called for his harp and composed the tune of the haunting song. He died at the age of 29 and was buried at St Cynhaearn's Church near Porthmadog.
With Kevin our melodeon player away on a short holiday, fiddle player Robin and myself recorded another eight sets of tunes this week.
Set 6 is Robin's favourite tune, Dafydd Y Garreg Wen, (David of the White Rock), a Welsh air and folk song.
According to Wikipedia:
There is a tradition that the tune was composed by David Owen (1712–1741), a harpist and composer who lived near Porthmadog in Caernarfonshire. He was known locally as Dafydd y Garreg Wen (English: David of the White Rock). Y Garreg Wen was the name of the farm where he lived near Morfa Bychan. There is a tradition that as Owen lay on his death bed, he called for his harp and composed the tune of the haunting song. He died at the age of 29 and was buried at St Cynhaearn's Church near Porthmadog.
