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Cardiff University Information Services - Welsh ballads website.
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Edward Williams (1747-1826), stonemason, writer, literary forger. Contributed to C18th cultural renaissance in Wales. Bardism. Gorsedd of Bards (he established ceremony).
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Digital access back to Vol.1, 1939. Vol.XV (1967) pp.31-54, Daniel Huws, 'Ancient National Airs of Gwent and Morganwg
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Vol.2 of Edward Jones' Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards. 1802.
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PBworks wiki for collaborative discussion of late 18th and 19th century Welsh songbooks. Administrator Dr Karen E McAulay
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List of late 18th and 19th century Welsh songbooks for group exploration, part of Crowdsourcing the Bard project.
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Tiki-toki timeline, Nov 2011
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Benjamin Zephaniah takes a new post at Brunel University. He sees himself as a latter-day bard, or "griot" (African word) - a poet and political activist who speaks his work - part of the oral tradition.
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Very influential poem, inspired many more writings on bardic themes. Role of bard championing liberty, and many images recur in later poetry etc.
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Charity Dove drew my attention to this useful weblink. I'd come across the People's Collection Wales, but not this particular niche.
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Lady Llanofer, the bee of Twent. Research by Helen Forder. Book forthcoming, soon. Spring 2012.
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Harp makers. Includes clip from BBC programme about Telynau Teifi.
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Welsh music supplier
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Successor to the Welsh "Gathering the Jewels" cultural heritage website.
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Associated with Culturenet Cymru
Friday, 6 April 2012
Welsh music - a selection of useful links to the music of our Celtic cousins
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