EDWARDS
,
EVAN
(
1734
-
1766
),
harpist
;
b. at
Creigiau'r Bleiddiau
,
Cerrig-y-drudion
. He was an able
harpist
of whom
Edward
Jones
(
Bardd y Brenin
,
1752
-
1824
, q.v.)
says that he had a
natural gift for music and had a beautiful touch on the harp. There is a local tradition that he d. suddenly with his fingers still clutching the harp-strings. He d. in
June 1766
and was buried in
Cerrig-y-drudion
churchyard.
Bibliography:
-
Edward Jones
,
Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh
Bards…
, 1784; another ed., 1794
, 50;
-
M. O. Jones
,
Bywgraffiaeth Cerddorion Cymreig
,
National Eisteddfod Association publication, 1890
;
-
Rhestr gyda nodiadau byrion, o Enwogion
Cymreig o 1700 i 1900
. National Eisteddfod
Association, 1908
.
Author:
Robert David Griffith, M.A., (1877-1958), Old Colwyn
