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David Wynne
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. 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, and many of his compositions date from this perod.

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.

His music is published by Oriana Publications Limited, 71 Broad Street, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan CF62 7AG.

Works

• Songs of Solitude (1941)
• String Quartet no. 1 (1944)
• String Trio (1946)
• Sonata no. 1 (1948)
• Symphony no. 1 (1952) (Unperformed)
• Sonatina for trumpet (1956)
• Symphony no. 2 (1956) (Commissioned by the Guild for the Promotion of Welsh Music)
• Piano sonata no.2 (1957)
• Fantasia for Orchestra (1957) (Commissioned by the National Youth Orchestra of Wales)
• Rhapsody no. 1 for violin (1958)
• Clarinet Quintet (1959)
• Welsh Suite (1961)
• Fantasia Concerto for two pianos (three hands) (1962) (Unperformed)
• Symphony no. 3 (1963)
• Fantasia Concertante for viola and orchestra (1964)
• Cymric Rhapsody no. 1 (1965)
• String Quartet no. 3 (1966)
• Music for Harp (1966)
• Cymric Rhapsody no. 2 (1969)
• Evening Shadows (1971)
• Fantasia for piano and orchestra (1972)
• Jack and Jill (1975, opera)
• Night and Cold Peace (1979, opera)
• Owain Ab Urien (cantata)