Discusses the stereotype of Wales as 'the land of song' in the context of the influence of the choral conductor Caradog, (Griffith Rhys Jones, 1834-97) and the victories to which he led the Côr Mawr (the Great Choir) at the Crystal Palace contests in Sydenham (South London) in 1872 and 1873. The hypothesis that music, and choralism in particular, became by popular consensus one of the principle media through which the Welsh projected national identity is probed
Combining both published and unpublished sources, in this work the nationalist movement in Wales is ...
This is an overview chapter covering the entire chronology of the book and touching on the topics to...
Today, two major symbols of Welsh national identity are the National Eisteddfod and its bardo-druidi...
About the book: This book takes the themes and approaches of Professor Cyril Ehrlich's pathbreakin...
The title quotation from Under Milk Wood encapsulates a widely held belief in the innate musicality ...
In 1973, in an article provocatively titled ‘How Welsh is Welsh Music?’, Grace Williams made the fol...
In the hundred years that saw the widest effects of industrialisation and immigration to Wales, the ...
From early medieval bards to the bands of the 'Cool Cymru' era, this book looks at Welsh musical pra...
This paper examines the development of a national identity in Wales throughout the nineteenth and ea...
Wales in the period c.1870-c.1920 was home to massive heavy industry, accompanied by a huge upsurge ...
The Welsh Revival of 1904-5 stands within a tradition that has characterized belief and theology in ...
The purpose of this thesis is to explore the transition of congregational singing from Christian pra...
In the 1960s, Welsh-language popular music emerged as a vehicle for mobilizing a geographically disp...
The chapter examines the relationships between music, sport and Welsh identity. Focusing on the nati...
This thesis seeks to determine the relevance of the term 'Welsh composer' to the life and music of G...
Combining both published and unpublished sources, in this work the nationalist movement in Wales is ...
This is an overview chapter covering the entire chronology of the book and touching on the topics to...
Today, two major symbols of Welsh national identity are the National Eisteddfod and its bardo-druidi...
About the book: This book takes the themes and approaches of Professor Cyril Ehrlich's pathbreakin...
The title quotation from Under Milk Wood encapsulates a widely held belief in the innate musicality ...
In 1973, in an article provocatively titled ‘How Welsh is Welsh Music?’, Grace Williams made the fol...
In the hundred years that saw the widest effects of industrialisation and immigration to Wales, the ...
From early medieval bards to the bands of the 'Cool Cymru' era, this book looks at Welsh musical pra...
This paper examines the development of a national identity in Wales throughout the nineteenth and ea...
Wales in the period c.1870-c.1920 was home to massive heavy industry, accompanied by a huge upsurge ...
The Welsh Revival of 1904-5 stands within a tradition that has characterized belief and theology in ...
The purpose of this thesis is to explore the transition of congregational singing from Christian pra...
In the 1960s, Welsh-language popular music emerged as a vehicle for mobilizing a geographically disp...
The chapter examines the relationships between music, sport and Welsh identity. Focusing on the nati...
This thesis seeks to determine the relevance of the term 'Welsh composer' to the life and music of G...
Combining both published and unpublished sources, in this work the nationalist movement in Wales is ...
This is an overview chapter covering the entire chronology of the book and touching on the topics to...
Today, two major symbols of Welsh national identity are the National Eisteddfod and its bardo-druidi...