Jones, Nicholas  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7098-6114
2024.
Art Music and 'Welshness': Perspectives from Cardiff.
Presented at: 5th Silpakorn Conference on Sound and Music 2024 (SICSAM),
Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC), Thailand,
7-8 June 2024.
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Abstract
This keynote lecture explores the contested and problematic notion of ‘Welshness’ and the different ways in which this particular quality has influenced twentieth-century Welsh composers of art music. The talk focuses on four female Welsh composers, Morfydd Owen (1891–1918), Grace Williams (1906–1977), Dilys Elwyn-Edwards (1918-2012) and Hilary Tann (1947–2023), all of whom studied at Cardiff University. The shared preoccupations evident in the music of these four composers – especially in relation to an awareness and pride in Wales’s history, mythology and ancient traditions; a love for the Welsh landscape; and a deep affection for the native homeland, including a sense of place, belonging and rootedness – all play their part in articulating unique and distinctive soundworlds.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Keynote) |
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| Status: | Unpublished |
| Schools: | Schools > Music |
| Subjects: | M Music and Books on Music > M Music |
| Last Modified: | 16 Aug 2024 13:30 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/171268 |
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