AppendixA
CatalogueoftheWorksofJosephParry
[R] = Catalogue number in Dulais Rhys’ catalogue
[T] = Title. Where the original is in Welsh, an English translation is given in brackets.
[O] = Opus number, etc (‘1.1’ = Opus 1 no 1, etc). Note that there is duplication reflecting different
publishers.
[A] = author of the text
[D] = Date composed
1. Opera
[R]
[T]
[O]
[A]
[D]
1.168a
1.216
1.247a
1.247b
1.285
1.315
1.336
1.350
Blodwen
Virginia
Bronwen1
Arianwen2
Sylvia
Cap and Gown3
King Arthur
His Worship the Mayor
31
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Mynyddog
E. R. Jones
?
Dewi Môn
D. M. Parry
Ivor B. John
Elfed
Arthur Mee
1.353
1.356
Y Ferch o’r Scer (The Maid of Sker)
The Maid of Cefn Ydfa
–
–
?
Joseph Bennett
1876-7
1883
[1880s?]
c. 1888
1891-5
1897
1896-9
1899–
1900
1900–1
1900-2
2. Oratorio
[R]
[T]
[O]
[A]
[D]
2.178b
2.178d
2.273
2.361
Emmanuel4
Jehovah5
Saul of Tarsus
Jesus of Nazareth6
36
–
–
–
G. Hiraethog
G. Hiraethog
scriptural
scriptural
1869-78
c. 1881
1891
1902
3. Cantatas
1
[R]
[T]
[A]
[D]
3.004
3.047
3.106
3.178a
3.199
3.203
3.286
3.287
Psalm 57
Y Mab Afradlon (The Prodigal Son)
Cantata y Plant (Children’s Cantata)
Jerusalem
Joseph
Nebuchadnezzar
Moses Bach (Baby Moses)7
Bethlehem7
scriptural
Eos Bradwen
Thomas Levi
G. Hiraethog
Thomas Levi
scriptural
Dewi Medi
Dewi Medi
1862
1866
1871
1878
1880
1881
1895
1895
Incomplete, later [?] incorporated in Arianwen.
See note 1.
3
One act operetta with dialogue.
4
Includes the cantata Jerusalem.
5
Excerpts from Emmanuel.
6
Unfinished.
7
‘A Musical Service’ for Sunday schools.
2
3.311
3.327
3.343
3.345
Cambria
Iesu o Nazareth [2] (Jesus of Nazareth) 7
Ceridwen8
Caradog (Caractacus)
Uncertain:
O. M. Edwards
Ebenezer Rees
Dyfed
D. Adams
c. 1896
1898
1899
1900
The Pioneers
4. Sacred Choral
[R]
[T]
[O]
[D]
4.001
4.002
4.018
4.019
4.020
4.021
4.022
4.038
4.054
4.055
4.065
4.091
4.092
4.095
4.101
4.123
4.158
4.159
4.160
4.161
4.162
4.169
4.170
4.171
4.172
4.173
O, Give Thanks unto the Lord
A Temperance Vocal March
Gostwng, O Arglwydd dy Glust (Incline, O Lord, thine Ear)9
Te Deum [1]
Achub fi, O Dduw! (Save me, O God)
Clyw, O Dduw fy Llefain (Hear, O God, my Cry)
Nid i ni (Not to us)10
Mor Hawddgar yw Dy Bebyll (How Beautiful are thy Dwellings)
Jubilate Deo
Te Deum [2]
Duw bydd Drugarog wrthym ni (God will be Merciful unto us)
Gweddi yr Arglwydd (The Lord’s Prayer)
Yr Arglwydd yw fy Mugail (The Lord’s my Shepherd)
Anthem Angladdol (Funeral Anthem)
Hosanna i Fab Dafydd (Hosanna to the Son of David)
Cân y Dŵr (Song of the Water)
Moliant i’r Iesu (Praise to Jesus)
Pebyll yr Arglwydd (The Pavilions of the Lord)
Bydd drugarog wrthym ni (Be Merciful unto us)
Bless the Lord
Arglwydd, cofia fi (Lord, Remember me)
Mi a godaf ac a af at fy Nhad (I will Arise and Go to my Father)
Ysbryd yw Duw (God is spirit)
Molwch yr Arglwydd (Praise the Lord)
Requiem Gynulleidfaol (Congregational Requiem)11
Wele rwyf yn Sefyll wrth y Drws ac yn Curo (Behold me standing at
the door and knocking)
Behold the Lamb
Yr Utgorn a Gân (The Trumpet shall Sound)
Y Salm Gyntaf (The First Psalm)
Deuwch ataf fi (Come unto me)
Teilwng yw’r Oen (Worthy is the Lamb)
Mola Dduw O fy Enaid (Praise God, O my Soul)
Ar Lan Iorddonen Ddofn (On the Bank of the Jordan Deep)
Gwyn Byd Preswylwyr Dy Dŷ (Blessed are they that Dwell in Thy
House)
Toriad Dydd ar Gymru (Daybreak over Wales)
Cofia yn awr dy Greawdwr (Remember now thy Creator)
Te Deum [3]
Sanctaidd! Sanctaidd! (Holy! Holy!)
Am fod fy Iesu’n Fyw (Because my Jesus Lives)
Bur Wreichionen (Vital Spark)
In Memoriam
1.2
–
3.2
–
4.1
4.2
–
9.1
–
7.1
9.3
9.2
9.4
9.5
9.6
–
–
18.6
29.3
–
–
30.3
30.4
–
–
30.2
c. 1860
c. 1860
c. 1863
1863
c. 1864
c. 1864
c. 1864
1865
1867
1867
1868
1869
1869
1870
1870
c. 1873
[1870s]
c. 1875
[1870s]
[1870s]
[1870s]
1877
1877
[1877]
[1877]
1877
–
30.5
–
–
–
29
30.1
–
1877
c. 1878
c. 1878
1878
1879
c. 1879
c. 1880
c. 1881
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
[1885]
1888
1888
1889
1889
1891
1896
4.174
4.180
4.181
4.182
4.183
4.184
4.198
4.204
4.223
4.250
4.252
4.256
4.257
4.265
4.312
8
Cantata or one act opera.
Motet for SSATB.
Three part canon.
11
Also published in an arrangement for TTBB.
9
10
Uncertain:
Elegie
Glory to God
Molwch (Praise)
O! Come let us Sing
O! Give Thanks [2]
O! Lord God of hosts
Oh, Mighty Father
Praise to the Lord
Praise Waiteth for Thee
The Rescue
Teyrnasa (He Reigns)
We will Rejoice
5. Secular Choral
[R]
[T]
[O]
[A]
[D]
5.005
5.014a
5.015
5.023
5.024a
5.025
5.033
5.034
5.035
Goodnight
Gwŷr Harlech (Men of Harlech)12
Ffarwel i ti, Gymru Fad (Farewell to thee, Fair Wales)
Rhuo mae’r Môr (The sea is Roaring)
Heddwch (Peace)13
Y Chwaon Iach (Wholesome Breezes) [1]
Patrons of Apollo’s Lyre
Merrily Chants the Soaring Lark
Ar Don o flaen Gwyntoedd (On a Wave in the face of
the Winds) [1]
Ar Don o flaen Gwyntoedd (On a Wave in the face of
the Winds) [2]
Y Cychod ar yr Afon (The Boat on the River)
Richmond
Rhosyn yr Haf (Rose of Summer)
Gweddi Gwraig y Meddwyn (The Prayer of the
Drunkard’s Wife)
Sleep my Darling
Sleighing Glee
Cytgan y Bradwyr (Traitors’ Chorus)
Yr Ystorm (The Storm)
Hiraethgan (Song of Longing)15
Rhyfelgan Gorawl (Choral War Song)
Molawd i’r Haul (Praise to the Sun)
 Chalon Lon (With Cheerful Heart)
Hoff Dywysog Cymru Gu (Dear Prince of our Fair
Wales)
Hen Glychau’r llan (The Old Church Bells)16
The Shepherds and the Fairies
Yr Afon Fach (The Little River)
Carmen Seculare
A Dream
A Monologue17
Cytgan yr Orsedd a’r Cadeirio (Chorus of the Gorsedd
and the Chairing)
Degree Odes
Life
1.1
12.2
20
–
–
–
–
–
4.2
?
?
Ceiriog
?
?
?
?
?
T. Levi
c. 1862
1863
c. 1863
1864
1864
c. 1864
1865
c. 1865
c. 1865
4.1
?
c. 1865
–
–
5.1
8.2
?
J. Harris
Ceiriog14
T. Levi
c. 1865
1866
1867
1869
–
20.6
20
23.2
30.6
–
–
–
–
?
Cynonfardd
Llew Llwyfo
Hwfa Môn
Hiraethog
Granville-fab
Glan Padarn
T. Rees
T. Rees
1873
c. 1873
c. 1875
c. 1875
[1877]
[1879]
[1879]
[1881]
[1881]
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
T. Rees
J. Parry
M. Emlyn
?
?
?
Dyfed18
c. 1882
1883
1886
1889
1891
1894
c. 1898
–
–
Various19
?
1900
1902
5.036
5.037
5.052
5.056
5.084
5.125
5.126
5.163
5.164
5.175
5.190
5.191
5.208
5.209
5.213
5.220
5.235
5.255
5.266
5.283
5.330
5.348
5.358
12
Arrangement of the folk song for SATB, which was also used for Maesgarmon [2], that is, the second part of Maesgarmon [1].
Perhaps the same piece as the quartet ‘Peace, troubled soul’.
Not by the Rev. D. C. Evans, as shown in some copies.
15
Secular words, although they were used for an anthem in Congregational Anthems [16.003].
16
Also included in the opera The Maid of Scer.
17
Also included in the opera King Arthur.
18
Co-authored by Dr W. Edwards, Principal of the Cardiff Baptist College,
19
Choruses I and V by Dr W. Edwards, II by E. N. Jones, III by Dewi Môn, and IV by Elfed.
13
14
Uncertain:
Afloat on the Ocean
Bessie’s Grave
Cartref y Cedyrn (Home of the strong )
Choral Fantasia
Dismission
Few and Precious
Greeting
Haste we
How Beautiful is the Night
I will Call
Pumlumon (Plynlymon )
Through the Storm
6. Male Voice Choir
[R]
[T]
[O]
[A]
[D]
6.006
6.016
6.017
6.129
6.149
6.150
6.189
6.206
6.207
Cupid’s Darts
Man as a Flower
Rhowch i mi fy Nghleddyf (Give me my Sword)
Cytgan y Morwyr (Sailors’ Chorus)
Myfanwy [1]
Rhyfelgan y Myncod (War Song of the Monks)20
Nosgan (Serenade)
The Village Blacksmith [3]
Yr un Hen Stori (The same old story)
–
–
–
20
4.3
24
32.1
–
–
[1862]
c. 1863
c. 1863
c. 1874
c. 1875
c. 1875
c. 1879
c. 1881
1881
6.214
6.232
6.233
6.238
6.243
6.262
6.264
6.267
6.274
6.288
6.289
6.320
6.321
6.322
Cwch-Gân (Boat Song)
Cytgan y Pererinion (The Pilgrims’ Chorus)
Dwynwen
Arianwen [2]
Y Derwyddon (The Druids)
I Arise from Dreams of thee
The Village Sexton
My Love, Good Morrow
Cymru Fydd (Wales of the Future) [2]
Suo-gân (Lullaby) [2]
Gwen
Iesu o Nazareth (Jesus of Nazareth) [1]
Belshazzar
Annabelle Lee
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.346
A Fantasia of Welsh Airs
–
6.347
Fel Gwannaidd Blentyn (Like a Sickly Child)
–
?
?
?
Mynyddog
Mynyddog
Llew Llwyfo
Gutyn Arfon
Longfellow
I. Glan
Dwyryd
?
D. Adams
Gwynionydd
R. Williams
Alavon
Shelley
?
Heywood
Dewi Môn
?
?
Elfed
?
Edgar A.
Poe
Watcyn
Wyn
?
Uncertain:
Home Love
Life as a Flower
c. 1883
1886
1886
1886
1887
1890
1891
1891
c. 1893
[1890s]
[1890s]
1898
1898
c. 1898
c. 1900
1900
My Lassie
7. Vocal Quartet
[R]
[T]
[O]
[A]
[D]
7.024b
7.047
7.108
Peace Troubled Soul21
Be Merciful unto me
O na bawn eto’n Blentyn Rhydd (O that I were a
Carefree Child Again)
Oh! Lord Abide with me
The Bells
Evan Benwan (Silly Evan)
7.2
–
12.1
?
scriptural
Ceiriog
[1860s]
1866
c. 1871
16.1
–
20.4
H. F. Lyte
J. Whyte
Ceiriog
c. 1873
1874
[1870s]
7.121
7.127
7.128
20
21
Also included in the opera Blodwen as The Soldiers’ Chorus.
See note 15.
7.130
7.131
7.148
7.168b
7.339
7.340
7.341
Ti Wyddost beth Ddywed fy Nghalon (Thou Knowest
what my Heart is Saying)
O Aros gyda mi (O Stay with me)
Mi Welaf mewn Atgof (I See in Memory)
O had I, my Saviour, the Wings of a Dove22
Come unto me
Lead, Kindly Light
Yn y Llwch, Waredwr Hael (In the Dust, O Gentle
Saviour)
–
Ceiriog
[1870s]
–
20.3
–
–
–
–
?
Ceiriog
?
W. C. Dix
J. Newman
[hymn?]
[1870s]
c. 1875
[1870s]
1899
1899
1899
8. Vocal Trio
[R]
[T]
[
O
]
8.026
Sleep, Lady, Sleep
8.057
8.079
8.132
8.133
8.197
8.275
8.276
8.277
8.290
8.337
8.354
O na bawn yn Seren (Would that I were a Star)
Come Fairies Tribute
Fy Angel Bach (My Little Angel)
Y Tri Aderyn Mwyn (The Three Gentle Birds)
The village blacksmith [2]
Heddiw (Today)
Y Llong King William (The Ship King William)
Hoff Wlad (Dear Country)
The Three Singers
Sleep Little Baby
Faith, Hope and Charity
8.
3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Uncertain:
Hear our Prayer
Home
[A]
[D]
J. M. Price23
1864
Ceiriog
?
Glan Alun
?
Tennyson
J. M. Jones
Eben Fardd
J. M. Jones
?
?
?
c. 1867
c. 1869
c. 1874
[1870s]
1880
1893
1893
1893
[1890s]
1899
1902
The Music Lesson
Political Catch
9. Vocal Duet
[R]
[T]
[O]
[A]
[D]
9.039
9.134
9.176
9.177
9.236
9.244
O! Mor Hardd (Oh! How Beautiful)
Y Ddau Forwr (The Two Sailors)
Yr Heulwen Glir (The Bright Sunshine)
Yr Hen Deimladau Cynnes (The old warm feelings)
Y Ddau Wladgarwr (The Two Patriots)
Cambria’s Lament24
18
21.1
33.2
–
–
–
1865
c. 1874
1877
c. 1876
c. 1886
1887
9.291
–
–
scriptural
9.293
Hen Wlad y Gân yw Cymru (The old land of song is
Wales)
Dysg i mi Dy Ffyrdd, O! Arglwydd (Teach me thy
Ways, O Lord)
Rhwyfwn ein dau (We Row Together)
Mynyddog
Cynonfardd
T. E. Griffith
?
T. Lodwick
Elias
Hughes
Glan Prysor
–
9.314
Mae Cymru’n Mynd i fyny (Wales is Arising)
–
9.331
9.355
Y Bardd (The Bard)
Plant y Cedyrn (Children of the Strong)
–
–
Elias
Morgan
J. M.
Morgan
?
Eifion Wyn
9.292
22
Included in the opera Blodwen with the words “Rwy’n gwybod dy hanes’ (I know your story).
Probably John M Price, Parry’s teacher in Danville.
24
Included, with different words, in the opera Arianwen.
23
[1890s?
]
[1890s?
]
c. 1895
c. 1897
1898
c. 1902
Uncertain:
Atat Ti (To Thee)
Bow down
Cambrian Minstrels
Gwenllian
The Two Angels
9. Solo Voice
[R]
[T]
[O]
[A]
[D]
10.003
Y Plentyn yn Marw (The Dying Child)
2.2
1861
10.007a
10.007b
10.008
The American Star
Baner ein Gwlad (Our Country’s Flag)25
Gwnewch i mi Feddrod (Make me a
Grave)
Y Gwallgofddyn (The Madman)
Dreams of Youth (Breuddwydion
Ieuenctid)
–
28.1
28.7
Alaw
Llynfell
?
Mynyddog
Gwenffrwd
1865
c. 1865
Yr Eneth Ddall (The Blind Girl)
Prudd-Gân (Serious Song)
A Love Song
Jefferson Davis
Lincoln’s Grave
Cân Ymadawol (Song of Parting)
Yr Ystorm ar Fôr Tiberias (The Storm on
the Sea of Tiberias)
Dangos dy fod yn Gymro (Show you’re a
Welshman)
Arglwydd na Cherydda fi (Lord, Rebuke
me not)
Y Fenyw Fach a’r Beibl Mawr (The Little
Lady and the Big Bible)
Y Trên (The Train)
The House on Fire
Mari o Fedwig (Mary of Medwig)
Cân Genedlaethol (National Song)26
Gwraig y meddwyn (The Drunkard’s
Wife)
Friend of my Youth
Y Tŷ ar Dân (The House on Fire)27
The Playing Infant
Home of the Soul
5.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
?
J. Parry[?],
tr.
Mynyddog
Ceiriog
Telynog
G. F. Powell
?
?
?
I. Gwynedd
–
?
1866
–
scriptural
1866
28.3
Ceiriog
1866
11.6
–
–
–
8.1
Ceiriog
?
Cuhelyn
?
Ceiriog
1866
1866
1867
1867
c. 1867
–
–
–
–
c. 1867
c. 1867
1867
1868
He that doeth the Will of my Father
Excelsior [1]
The Sad Farewell
The Home of my Childhood
Hoff Wlad fy Ngenedigaeth (Dear Land of
my Birth)
Adieu, Dear Home
Fe’m Ganwyd innau’ng Nghymru (I was
Born in Wales)
Yr Hen Ywen Werdd (The Old Green
Yew)
–
–
–
–
–
?
Cuhelyn
Schiller28
Bishop
Heber
scriptural
Longfellow
?
J. Parry
Hwfa Môn
14.1
–
?
T. Levi
1868
c. 1869
11.4
Risiart Ddu
1869
10.029
10.030
10.031
10.032
10.040
10.041
10.042
10.043
10.044
10.045
10.048
10.049
10.050
10.051
10.053
10.058
10.059
10.060
10.061
10.062
10.063
10.064
10.066
10.067
10.068
10.074
10.075
10.080
10.081
25
10.007a and 10.007b are the same piece of music, with different words.
Possibly the same song as All hail to thee Columbia (10.117).
Not the same song as 10.051.
28
Translated from the German.
26
27
–
2.1
1862
1862
1862
c. 1865
[1860s?]
1866
c. 1866
c. 1866
1866
1866
1868
1868
[1868]
1868
c. 1868
10.085
Hen Gestyll Cymru (The Old Castles of
Wales)
Y Milwr (The Soldier)
Gwnewch Bobpeth yn Gymraeg (Do
Everything in Welsh)
The Village Blacksmith [1]
Y Melinydd (The F)
Mae’r Tywysog yn Dyfod (The Prince is
Coming)
The Two Locks of Hair
Judge not a Man by the Cost of his
Clothing
Gwraig y Morwr (The Sailor’s Wife)
Gogoniant i Gymru (Praise to Wales)
Yr Ehedydd (The Lark)
Y Danchwa (The Explosion)
Y Carwr Siomedig (The Disappointed
Lover)
The Old Cottage Clock
–
?
c. 1869
–
10.4
J. S. James
Mynyddog
1869
c. 1869
–
–
–
Tennyson
Dewi Môn
Taliesin o
Eifion
Longfellow
?
c. 1869
c. 1869
1869
1870
c. 1870
1870
1870
1870
11.5
–
–
10.2
–
–
–
Risiart du
Mynyddog
Mynyddog
Cynonfardd
?
?
1871
1871
c. 1871
1872
1872
1872
28.1
I. Glan Aled
c. 1872
10.5
I. Gwynedd
1872
10.117
10.118
10.119
10.120
Pleserfad y Niagara (The Niagara Pleasure
Boat)
Song and Chorus cenedlaethol
Yr Auctioneer (The Auctioneer)
Y Dyn sy’n Mynd â hi (The Winner)
The Depot
Cheer up!
Ni Ddown yn Gewri yn y Man (Heroes
shall we be)
Y Gardotes Fach (The Little
Beggarwoman)
Cymry Glân Americ (The fine Welsh
people of America)
All Hail to thee Columbia
Y Bachgen Dewr (The Valiant Boy)
Slumber, Lie Soft
The Voice of Conscience
Mynyddog
Talhaiarn
Tydfylyn
J. S. James
D.
Morgannwg
Charles
Swain
T. Levi
–
19.1
2.3
12.4
c. 1872
c. 1872
c. 1872
c. 1872
10.122
King Death
–
10.124
Lady Mine!
–
10.135
10.136
10.137
10.138
10.139
10.140
10.141
Atgofion (Memories)
Glyndwr
Of thee, my Bleak House
The Pauper’s Drive
Atgofion mebyd (Memories of youth)
I fyny fo’r nod (High be the aim) [1]
Yr hen gerddor (The old musician)
28.5
28.8
–
–
28.2
–
–
10.142
10.143
Yr eos (The nightingale)
Paham mae Dei mor Hir yn Dod? (Why is
Dei so Long in Coming?)
I fyny fo’r Nod (High be the Aim) [2]29
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Y Telynor Bach (The little harper)
Ysgytwad y Llaw (The Handshake)
Myfanwy [2]
37.1
26.6
?
Mynyddog
?
Knight
Summers
Barry
Cornwall
Jennie
Whyte
Tydfylyn
Mynyddog
?
?
Hwfa Môn
Mynyddog
Myfyr
Emlyn
T. E. Griffith
Ceiriog
28.12
–
19.2
12.3
28.10
Mynyddog
Tennyson
Ceiriog
Mynyddog
Mynyddog
c. 1875
c. 1875
c. 1875
1875
1876
10.086
10.087
10.088
10.089
10.093
10.094
10.097
10.098
10.099
10.100
10.102
10.103
10.104
10.107
10.109
10.110
10.111
10.112
10.113
10.114
10.115
10.116
10.144
10.145
10.146
10.147
10.165
29
Another setting of the same words.
–
–
11.2
10.1
11.1
–
–
10.3
1870
1870
c. 1870
1871
1873
c. 1873
[1870s?]
1874
1875
[1870s?]
c. 1875
[1870s]
[1870s?]
[1870s?]
1875
10.166
10.167
10.179
10.185
10.186
Morfudd
Excelsior [2]29
Ti nid wyt (Thou art not)
Cloch y Llan (The Church Clock)
Hen Gloch y Llan (The Old Church
Clock)30
Cradle Song
Y Milwr Dewr (The valiant soldier)
28.11
–
–
37.3
–
Mynyddog
Longfellow
?
I. Glan Aled
?
1876
1877
c. 1878
1879
c. 1879
–
37.2
1879
c. 1879
–
10.193
10.194
10.195
Dinistr Derwyddon Môn (Destruction of
the Anglesey Druids)
The Golden Grain
Come, Holy Spirit
Malcombe’s Serenade
?
Granvillefab
?
c. 1880
[1880s?]
c. 1880
10.196
10.200
10.201
Sleep, my Love, Sleep
Old Swansea Bells
The Telegraph Boy
–
–
–
10.202
The Highland Brigade
–
10.205
10.210a
10.210b
–
–
–
10.211
O Happy Home of my Childhood
The Gates of Old Carlisle
Dyweddi’r Milwr (The Soldier’s
Fiancée)31
The Old Pot-Pourri Jar
E. Brine
?
Evan R.
Jones
?
?
Evan R.
Jones
Evan R.
Jones
Dewi Môn
Weatherby
R. Bryan
1882
10.212
The Newspaper Boy
–
10.215
10.217
10.218
Gogoniant i Brydain (Praise Britain)
Cân y Morwr (The Sailor’s Song)
Y Chwaon Iach (The Wholesome Breezes)
[2]
The Days that are no more
Lle y Cwrddasom (The Place where we
Met)
The Tangled Skein
O! Tyred yma Ngeneth Deg (O! Come
here my Pretty Maiden)
The Water Mill
As the Stream Flows
–
–
–
H. M.
Burnside
Evan R.
Jones
?
Dewi Môn
?
–
–
Tennyson
Dewi Môn
1883
1884
–
–
?
?
c. 1885
[1880s?]
–
–
[1880s?]
[1880s?]
–
10.229
10.230
Y Fam a’i Phlentyn (The Mother and Her
child)
Dieu de Paix et Amour
Doux Souvenir
?28
May C.
West
Edeirnfab
1886
1886
10.231
10.234
Gwyndaf Sant (Saint Gwyndaf)
Y Marchog (The Knight)
–
10.237
10.239
10.240
10.241
10.242
Y Cyfaill Pur (The True Friend)
Ymweliad y Bardd (The Bard’s Visit)
Fy Mam (My Mother)
Yr Hen Delynor (The Old Harper)
Yr Hen Delynor Dall (The Old Blind
Harper)
The Tramp
–
–
–
–
–
?
Madame
Evans
Dewi Môn
John
Lodwick
J. Parry
Ioan Tegid
Tudno Jones
?
Tudno Jones
–
?
1887
10.187
10.188
10.192
10.219
10.221
10.224
10.225
10.226
10.227
10.228
10.245
30
In all probability a different song from 10.185.
The same music as 10.210a but different words
32
The composer’s mother died on 11 June 1886.
31
–
–
–
–
–
–
c. 1880
1880
c. 1881
c. 1881
c. 1881?
1881
1881
c. 1902
1882
1883
1883
1883
1885
1886
c. 1886
1886
1886
1886?32
c. 1887
1887
10.246
Cymru Fydd (Wales of the Future) [1]
–
10.248
10.249
10.251
10.253
10.254
My Captain
Yr Eneth Glaf (The Sick Girl)
Dreams of Childhood
Birthday Feelings33
Ein Tadau, pa le maent hwy? (Our Fathers,
where are they?)
Gone for ever
Cymru, Cymro a Chymraeg (The
Cambrian Triplet)
Hen Gymry oedd fy Nhadau (The Welsh
of Old were my Fathers)
Eiluned
Dymuniad y Cerddor (The Minstrel’s
Desire)
Dewi Sant (Saint David)
Suo-gân (Lullaby) [1]
Y Dyddiau Gynt (The Days of Old)
To Music
The two Christmas Eves
Come back to me
Easter Hymn
My Heart’s Love
Thy Life and mine
Those Dear Eyes of thine
She Knows
Cymru Newydd (New Wales)
10.316
Oes y Byd i’r Iaith Gymraeg (Long Life to
the Welsh Language)
Yr ydwyt fel Blodeuyn (Thou art like a
Flower)
Mae gennyf Emau a Pherlau (I have Gems
and Pearls)
Ti Ferch y Morwr Tyred (Come, O
Sailor’s Daughter)
The Moon is Fully Risen
Thine Eyes
Thy Cheek
Till Death
Llais o’r Lli (A Voice from the Sea)
Llywelyn, ein Llyw Olaf (Llywelyn, our
Last Leader)
Thraldom
10.317
The King’s Bride
–
10.318
Llewelyn39
–
10.319
Iesu Arwain fi (Jesus, Lead me)
–
10.323
Childhood6
–
10.258
10.259
10.261
10.278
10.279
10.280
10.281
10.282
10.284
10.294
10.295
10.296
10.297
10.298
10.299
10.300
10.301
10.302
10.303
10.304
10.305
10.306
10.307
10.308
10.309
10.310
10.313
33
c. 1887
–
–
–
–
–
Watcyn
Wyn
?
?
?
?
Dyfed
–
–
Edith Stone
Dewi Môn
1889
1889
–
?
c. 1890
–
–
Dewi Môn
Dewi Môn
c.1893
c.1893
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
c. 1893
1893
c. 1894
1895
c. 1895
c. 1895
c. 1895
c. 1895
c. 1895
c. 1895
c. 1895
1895
–
Dewi Môn
Dewi Môn
H. Davies
Herrick
Dewi Môn
I. A. Fraser
Effie Sharpe
Effie Sharpe
Effie Sharpe
Heine28
Heine28
C. T.
Thomas
Alafon
–
Heine34
1895
–
?28
1895
–
Heine35
1895
–
–
–
Heine36
Heine37
Heine38
?
Alafon
Anthropos
1895
1895
1895
1896
c. 1896
1896
Clifton
Bingham
Clifton
Bingham
Ebenezer
Rees
Ebenezer
Rees
?
1897
–
–
–
Perhaps a piano solo. There is no voice part on the manuscript [19822E].
Translated into English from the German (“Du bist wie eine Blume”) by Kate Freiligrath-Kroeker.
35
Translated into English from the German (“Du schönes Fischermädchen”) by James Thomson.
36
Translated into English from the German (“Der Mond ist ausgegangen”) by James Thomson.
37
Probably a translation of Heine’s “Deine blauen Augen”.
38
Translated into English from the German (“Lehn deine Wang’”) by F. Johnson.
39
For baritone, male voice choir and piano.
34
1888
1888
1888
1888
1888
1895
1897
1897
1898
c. 1898
10.324
Y Lili Wen (The White Lily)
–
10.325
10.326
–
–
10.328
Lord Roberts
Cerdd Rhyddid Cymru (Ode to Welsh
Freedom)
Spring
10.329
Summer
–
10.332
10.333
10.334
Y Gloch (The Bell)
Merch y Cadben (The Captain’s Daughter)
Autumn
–
–
–
10.335
Winter
–
10.338
–
10.342
10.344
Hen Walia eto i fyny (Old Wales Rises
again)
Sorrow and the Angel Charity
Sympathy
10.349
10.351
10.352
10.357
10.359
J. W.
Thomas
?
G. Jenkins
c. 1898
Annie
Howell
Annie
Howell
?
Glan Padarn
Annie
Howell
Annie
Howell
I. Williams
1898
–
–
?
Annie
Howell
1899
1900
Sons of Britain40
–
?
1900
The Snuff Song40
Come Home
Mi Glywais Lais yr Iesu’n Dweud (I Heard
the Voice of Jesus Say)
Y Crythor Dall (The blind violinist)
–
–
–
?
?
?
1901
1901
1902
10.360
Fy Mhriod (My Wife)
Uncertain:
Am Gymru (For Wales)
Beddgelert
Be Kind to the Loved Ones
The Children’s Garden
Christmas Story
Columbia
Y Cymro pur (The true Welshman)
Cymru (Wales)
The Day is Cold
The Day is Dark and Weary
The Day is Done
Degree Song
Deio Bach (Little Deio)
Devona’s Vale
The Druid
Y Gadlys (The Courtyard)
International Celtic song
Lead, Kindly Light
Life is a Dream
Life’s Dreams
40
For baritone, chorus and orchestra.
–
–
1898
1898
1898
1898
c. 1898
1898
1898
1899
John M.
1902
Jones
–
J. Parry
1902
Mae’n Gymro Byth (He’s always
a Welshman)
Merch Cadben y Loliwen (The
Daughter of the Loliwen’s
Captain)
The Milkmaid’s Song
The Minstrel
My Friends of Old
My Heart is Weary
My Love is Fair
Nothing but Leaves
Pa le mae Milwyr Arthur? (Where
are Arthur’s Soldiers?)
The Shepherdess
Song without Words
Ti Wyddost (Thou Knowest)
To my Friend
Wanton Gales
The Widow’s Lullaby
When other Hands are Clasped in
thine
Where are the Friends?
Where shall my Soul?
Yn iach i Walia mwy (Farewell to
Wales)
11. Works for Orchestra (including Brass Band)
[R]
[T]
[D]
11.082
11.083
11.090
11.178d
11.263
11.268
11.269
11.270
11.272
Symphony [1]
Symphony [2]6
Overture
Tydfyl41
Suite: Three Tone Statuettes
Cambrian Rhapsody
Peredur18
Sleep18
The Dying Minstrel
1869
c. 1869
1869
[1878?]
1890–1
c. 1891
1891
1891
1892
Uncertain:
A Dead March
12. Chamber works
[R]
[T]
[D]
12.076
12.077
12.078
12.260
12.271
String Quartet
Fantasy for Violin and Piano
Violin Solo
Short Fantasy on Welsh Tunes
Ave Maria
1869
1860-70s?
1860-70s?
1890
1891
Uncertain:
Glyndwr March
Welsh Air Sonata
Welsh Dance [1]
Welsh Dance [2]
[R]
[T]
[O]
[D]
13.069
13.070
13.071
13.072
13.073
13.096
13.105
13.151
13.152
13.153
13.154
13.155
13.156
13.157
13.168c
13.178c
13.222
Adagio Cantabile42
Sonata no 1 in C minor
Sonata no 2 in G major
Rondo
Galop
Sonata no 3 in E minor
Recollections of Spring
Maesgarmon [1]43
A Seaside Reverie
Recollections of Childhood
Recollections of Courtship
Little Willie’s Waltz
Little Eddie’s Mazurka
The Druids’ March
Overture to Blodwen
Overture to Emmanuel
To Dilys44
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.3
24
27
13.1
13.2
–
–
25
–
–
–
1868
1868
[1868]
1868
c. 1868?
1870
c. 1871
c. 1875
[1870s?]
[1870s?]
[1870s?]
c. 1872?
c. 1873?
c. 1875
[1878?]
[1878?]
c. 1884?
Uncertain:
Cambrian Rustic Dance
13. Piano
41
Arrangement for brass of the overture to Emmanuel.
Included as the second movement in 13.070.
See note 12.
44
?A successor to Little Willie’s waltz and Little Eddie’s mazurka.
42
43
14. Organ
[R]
[T]
[D]
14.009
14.010
14.011
14.012
14.013
14.027
14.028
Fugue in D minor
David’s Prayer45
Piece for Organ
Preludio
Preludium and Fugue
Six Melodies6
Solo for Organ
1862
[1862]
1862
1862
1863
1864
1864
15. Hymns Tunes and Psalm Chants
At least 450 hymn tunes in some 100 different measures, and over 100 psalm chants.
Llyfr Tonau Genedlaethol Cymreig – Rhan 1 (A Book of Welsh National Tunes – Part 1), 1887-8.
Llyfr Tonau Cynulleidfaol Cenedlaethol Cymru – Rhan 2 (A Book of Welsh National Congregational
Tunes – Part 2), 1887-8.
Parts 3 and 4 appeared without title pages, probably in 1889 or 1890.
16. Collections
[R]
[T]
[D]
16.1
16.2
16.3
16.4
16.5
16.6
16.7
16.8
16.9
16.10a
16.10b
16.11
A Set of Six Songs
Chwech o Anthemau (Six Anthems)
Anthemau Cynulleidfaol (Congregational Anthems)
Pump o Anthemau (Five Anthems)
Tair o Anthemau i Blant (Three Anthems for Children)
Chwe’ Quartett (Six Quartets)
Deuddeg o Ganeuon (Twelve Songs)
Book of Duets
Book of Songs
Cambrian Minstrelsie
British Minstrelsie46
Y Llyfr Canu – Rhan 1 (Song Book – Part 1)
1872
c. 1870
c. 1872
[1870s?]
[1870s?]
c. 1879?
c. 1879?
1882
1885
1893-5
c. 1899
1894
17. Books, Journalism, etc.
Elfennau Cerddoriaeth (The Elements of Music), by Joseph Parry, was published by Duncan and
Sons, Cardiff, as the first of the ‘Cambrian Series’, described as a series of educational books on
Music.
Between 11 June 1887 and 5 May 1888 Parry wrote 35 articles for the Cardiff Times and South Wales
Weekly News. Between 1890 and 1895 he wrote frequently but irregularly for the Western Mail.
45
46
This title, along with others, is deleted on the manuscript [9297E].
Includes 11 of the arrangements in 16.10a.