David Wynne

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David Wynne (June 2, 1900 - 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. He subsequently became a teacher at Lewis Grammar School in Pengam; much of his composing was done after his retirement from this post. The Cardiff University School of Music awards a prize in his honour.

[edit] Works

• Songs of Solitude (1941)
• String Quartet no. 1 (1944)
• String Trio (1946)
• Sonata no. 1 (1948)
• Symphony no. 1 (1952)
• Sonatina for trumpet (1956)
• Symphony no. 2 (1956)
• Rhapsody no. 1 for violin (1958)
• Clarinet Quintet (1959)
• Welsh Suite (1961)
• Symphony no. 3 (1963)
• Cymric Rhapsody no. 1 (1965)
• Music for Harp (1966)
• Cymric Rhapsody no. 2 (1969)
• Evening Shadows (1971)
• Owain Ab Urien (cantata)