David Gwerfyl Davies
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David Gwerfyl Davies (1 February 1913 – 1977) was a Welsh organist and composer.[1]
Background
He was born on 1 February 1913. He was a pupil at Merthyr Tydfil County Grammar School and then University College, Cardiff. He was awarded his BA in music in 1937. After the Second World War he took the degree of Mus.B. at Trinity College, Cambridge and graduated in 1954.
Appointments
- Organist at St Nicolas' Church, Kings Norton 1950 - 1953
- Organist at Brecon Cathedral 1956 – 1963[2]
Compositions
He composed church and organ music.
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- 1913 births
- 1977 deaths
- Welsh classical organists
- Welsh classical composers
- Welsh male classical composers
- Cathedral organists
- Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
- People from Merthyr Tydfil
- 20th-century classical musicians
- 20th-century British composers
- 20th-century organists
- 20th-century British male musicians
- British male classical organists