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Welsh folk music
Welsh folk music (Welsh: Cerddoriaeth werin Gymreig) is traditional music sung or played in Wales, by Welsh people or originating from Wales.
Folk artists include; traditional bands Calan and Ar log; harpists Sian James, Catrin Finch and Nansi Richards and folk singer Dafydd Iwan.
Early musical traditions during the 17th and 18th centuries saw the emergence of more complex carols, away from the repetitive ceremonial songs. These carols featured complex poetry based on cynghanedd. Some were sung to English tunes, but many used Welsh melodies such as 'Ffarwel Ned Puw'. [full citation needed]The most common type of Welsh folk song is the love song, with lyrics pertaining to the sorrow of parting or in praise of the girl. A few employ sexual metaphor and mention the act of bundling.[citation needed] After love songs, the ballad was a very popular form of song, with its tales of manual labour, agriculture and everyday life. Popular themes in the 19th century included murder, emigration and colliery disasters; they were sung to popular melodies from Ireland or North America.
During the British folk revival of the early 1900s, some of the verses in the Hen Penillion (Old Stanzas) were exploded into longer songs, for example Ar Lan y Môr and Marwnad yr Ehedydd.
The manuscript of Robert ap Huw is the earliest surviving harp music in Europe and it comes from Wales.
This tradition descends from the form used by the early bards to sing their poetry to Welsh kings, princes and princesses.
Singer Arfon Gwilym explains that "the plygain tradition survives mainly in Montgomeryshire and takes place in churches and chapels over a six week period during Christmas and the new year."
"After a short service, the plygain is declared open and anyone in the audience can take part, as individuals or as small parties, the most common party being three people, singing in close harmony. The singing is always unaccompanied and in the past was dominated by men who sang in a simple folk style that was unique."
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Welsh folk music
Welsh folk music (Welsh: Cerddoriaeth werin Gymreig) is traditional music sung or played in Wales, by Welsh people or originating from Wales.
Folk artists include; traditional bands Calan and Ar log; harpists Sian James, Catrin Finch and Nansi Richards and folk singer Dafydd Iwan.
Early musical traditions during the 17th and 18th centuries saw the emergence of more complex carols, away from the repetitive ceremonial songs. These carols featured complex poetry based on cynghanedd. Some were sung to English tunes, but many used Welsh melodies such as 'Ffarwel Ned Puw'. [full citation needed]The most common type of Welsh folk song is the love song, with lyrics pertaining to the sorrow of parting or in praise of the girl. A few employ sexual metaphor and mention the act of bundling.[citation needed] After love songs, the ballad was a very popular form of song, with its tales of manual labour, agriculture and everyday life. Popular themes in the 19th century included murder, emigration and colliery disasters; they were sung to popular melodies from Ireland or North America.
During the British folk revival of the early 1900s, some of the verses in the Hen Penillion (Old Stanzas) were exploded into longer songs, for example Ar Lan y Môr and Marwnad yr Ehedydd.
The manuscript of Robert ap Huw is the earliest surviving harp music in Europe and it comes from Wales.
This tradition descends from the form used by the early bards to sing their poetry to Welsh kings, princes and princesses.
Singer Arfon Gwilym explains that "the plygain tradition survives mainly in Montgomeryshire and takes place in churches and chapels over a six week period during Christmas and the new year."
"After a short service, the plygain is declared open and anyone in the audience can take part, as individuals or as small parties, the most common party being three people, singing in close harmony. The singing is always unaccompanied and in the past was dominated by men who sang in a simple folk style that was unique."
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