EVANS
,
WILLIAM
(
Alaw Afan
;
1836
-
1900
),
musician
;
b. at
Melin-crug
near
Llanafan, Cards.
He worked for some years as a
forester
on the estate of the
earls of Lisburne
and lived for a while at
Maenarthur Cottage
, near
Ysbyty Ystwyth
; during that time he was active as a
composer
, as
leader
of a
Llanafan choir
, and as a
competitor in eisteddfodau
in
Wales
and the
U.S.A.
Examples of hymn-tunes, anthems, and part-songs by him are to be found in the manuscripts listed below; see also
Llawlyfr Moliant
. During the latter half of his life he lived at
Treorchy, Glam.
, where he d.
16 June 1900
. He was buried at
Ysbyty Ystwyth
.
Bibliography:
-
Y Cerddor
,
Sept. 1900
;
-
National Library of Wales
Manuscripts
7795-7803, 8266.
Author:
Sir William Llewelyn Davies, M.A., LL.D., F.S.A. (1887-1952),
Aberystwyth
