Griffith William Hughes
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Born | 22 February 1861 ![]() Cefn Mawr ![]() |
Died | 27 September 1941 ![]() |
Griffith William Hughes (22 February 1861 - 27 September 1941) was a Welsh accountant and musician.
Hughes was the son of Ann and Griffith Hughes, born in the North
Tonic Sol-fa System before gaining a degree in this subject, it was then in 1900 in which he was elected to the Council of the Tonic Sol-fa College. Before moving to Prestatyn in 1926 upon his retirement, G.W.Hughes was chosen to be a stipendiary precentor at Princes Road Welsh Capel Mawr Chapel, Liverpool, in 1911. G.W.Hughes fashioned many anthems, hymns and tunes, he also directed Cymanfaoedd Cymru, and in 1929, after his retirement, succeeded in becoming one of the editors of Llyfr Emynau a Thonau y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd a Wesleaidd. Hughes died on the 27th of September 1941, aged 80, and was buried in the Cemetery in Prestatyn.[2]
References
- ^ "CEFN CHORAL SOCIETY.|1897-03-05|Llangollen Advertiser Denbighshire Merionethshire and North Wales Journal - Welsh Newspapers". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ^ "HUGHES, GRIFFITH WILLIAM (1861 - 1941), accountant and musician | Dictionary of Welsh Biography". biography.wales. Retrieved 6 November 2019.