ELLIS
,
HUW
(
1714
-
1774
),
harpist
;
b. at
Trawsfynydd, Mer
. A skilled
player of the ‘telyn deir-res’ (triple harp)
, he was considered the best
Welsh
folk-song player
of his time. He met his death by
drowning
in the
river Dysynni
, near
Towyn, Mer.
,
5 Aug. 1774
, and was buried in
Towyn
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
;
-
R. Griffith
,
Llyfr Cerdd Dannau
. [1913.]
;
-
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
