- David Wynne (composer)
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David Wynne (2 June 1900 – 23 March 1983) was a prolific Welsh composer.
He was born at Penderyn, a village near Hirwaun, and worked as a coal-miner immediately after leaving school at 14. Having won a scholarship at the age of 25, he studied music at University of Wales, Cardiff, and the University of Bristol. In 1929 he became Head of Music at Lewis School Pengam, a grammar school for boys, a position he held until his retirement in 1961. From this date he taught composition at Cardiff College of Music and Drama, now the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama,[1] and many of his compositions date from this period.
The Cardiff University School of Music, in association with the Welsh Music Guild, awards a prize in his honour to advance the careers of student composers.[2]
Contents
Selected works
- Works published by University of Wales Press, University College Cardiff Press, and at the Welsh Music Information Centre
- Stage
- Jack and Jill, opera (1975)
- Night and Cold Peace, opera (1978)
- Cain (1981)
- Orchestral
- Symphony No.1 (1952); unperformed
- Elegy for string orchestra (1953)
- Berceuse for string orchestra (1954)
- Prelude, Air and Dance (1955)
- Symphony No.6 (1955)
- Symphony No.2 (1956); commissioned by the Guild for the Promotion of Welsh Music
- Fantasia No.1 (1957); commissioned by the National Youth Orchestra of Wales
- Sinfonietta for string orchestra (1958)
- A Welsh Suite (1961)
- Symphony No.3 (1963); premiered at the Caerphilly Festival
- Symphony No.4; incomplete
- Cymric Rhapsody No.1 (1965)
- Prelude (1968)
- Cymric Rhapsody No.2 (1969)
- Divertimento for string orchestra (1974)
- Octad (1977)
- Songs for string orchestra
- Three Pieces for Orchestra
- Concertante
- Rhapsody No.1 for violin and orchestra (1957)
- Fantasia Concerto for viola and orchestra (1961)
- Fantasia Concerto for 2 pianos (3 hands) and orchestra (1962); unperformed
- Fantasia for piano and orchestra (1972)
- Chamber music
- String Quartet No.1 (1944)
- String Trio (1945)
- Piano Trio No.1 (1946)
- Sonatina for viola and piano (1946)
- Sonata No.1 for violin and piano (1948)
- Sonata for viola and piano (1951)
- Five Short Pieces for clarinet and piano (1956)
- Sonata for trombone and piano (1956)
- Sonata for trumpet and piano (1956)
- Sonata No.2 for violin and piano (1957)
- Quintet for clarinet and string quartet (1959)
- Septet for flute, clarinet, bassoon and string quartet (1961)
- String Quartet No.3 (1966)[3]
- Mosaic for percussion ensemble (1968)
- Piano Trio No.2 (1968)
- Duo for cello and piano (1970)
- Quartet for violin, viola, cello and piano (1971)
- String Quartet No.4 (1972)
- Sextet for woodwind quintet and piano (1977)
- Sonatina for violin and piano (1978)
- Music for percussion ensemble (1979)
- String Quartet No.5 (1980)
- Quartet for oboe, viola, cello and double bass (1982)
- Divertimento for 2 trumpets and 2 trombones
- Postlude for 3 trumpets
- Harp
- Prelude and Dance (1963)
- Music (1966)
- Suite of Six Bagatelles
- Organ
- Sonata (1965)
- Fanfare (1972)
- Three Short Pieces (1973)
- Piano
- Sonata No.1 (1947)
- Rondo Capriccioso for 2 pianos (1952)
- Sonata No.2 (1956)[3]
- Suite of Three Pieces
- Variations and Capriccio for 2 pianos (1965)
- Sonata No.3 (1966)
- Sonata No.4 (1966)
- Six Studies (1973)
- Four Welsh Folk Tunes
- Six Miniatures
- Vocal
- Songs of Solitude for high voice and string orchestra with piano (1941)
- Two Songs from a Child's Garden for high voice and piano (1941)
- U mor ynghwsg (The Sleeping Sea) for high voice and piano (1941)
- 6 Chan i denor a thelyn (6 Songs) for tenor and harp (1950)
- Ebb and Flow for high voice and chamber ensemble (1960)
- Coming Forth by Day for voice and piano (1964)
- Evening Shadows for voice and piano (1971)
- Night-Music for soprano, string quartet and piano (1974)
- Aubade for voice and piano
- A Cradle Song for voice and piano
- Hwiangerdd wyddelig (Irish Lullaby) for high voice and piano
- Nocturne for low voice and piano
- O rosyn, dos (Go, Lovely Rose) for tenor and piano
- To Music for low voice and piano
- Choral
- Night Watch formixed chorus and orchestra (1957)
- Four Songs from the Chinese for female chorus (1963)
- Y gelynnen (The Holly) for female chorus and piano (1963)
- Great Is the Lord for mixed chorus and organ (1967)
- Stafell Gynddyllan for mixed chorus (1967)
- Cwirebau (Axioms) for chorus and piano (1969)
- Suite of Six Songs for youth choir and piano (1972)
- A Gwent Symphony "Wentwood Thorn" for female chorus and orchestra (1973)
- The Traveller for tenor and mixed chorus (1973)
- Geni Crist for mixed chorus and organ (1979)
- Two settings of Poems by William Blake for mixed chorus and harp (1980)
- Owain ab Urien, Cantata for male chorus and chamber ensemble
References
Sources
External links
Categories:- 1900 births
- 1983 deaths
- Welsh composers
- Opera composers
- 20th-century classical composers
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