EDWARDS
,
EDWARD
(
Pencerdd Ceredigion
;
1816
-
1897
),
musician
;
b. in
Little Darkgate Street
,
Aberystwyth
, son of
John
Edwards
. As a young man he attended the church of
Llanbadarn-fawr
, where there was a good choir. He moved with his parents to
Blaen-y-cwm
,
Capel Dewi
;
there he was appointed
precentor
at the
Calvinistic Methodist chapel
. He came to
Aberystwyth
to work as a
shoemaker
and there came into contact with a number of good
musicians
who lived in the town. He spent some time at
Tredegar, Mon.
, but returned to
Aberystwyth
. He formed a choir at
Tabernacle chapel
; this choir, by its performances of the ‘
Messiah
,’ ‘
Creation
,’ ‘
The Seasons
,’ and the ‘
Twelfth Mass
,’ did much to raise the standard of music in the town.
Pencerdd Ceredigion
d.
16 Sept. 1897
and was buried in the
Aberystwyth
cemetery.
His son,
JACK
EDWARDS
(
1853
-
1942
),
bookseller
,
Great Darkgate Street
, was a prominent
vocalist
; he had spent some time in the
U.S.A.
as
vocalist
. He was also a zealous
Esperantist
.
Bibliography:
-
Y Cerddor
,
Nov. 1897
; ibid.,
1917
, 64, 72, 83, 95.
Author:
Robert David Griffith, M.A., (1877-1958), Old Colwyn
