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Caradog Roberts (30 October 1878 — 3 March 1935) was a Welsh composer, organist and choirmaster..

Roedd Caradog Roberts (30 Hydref 1878 – 3 Mawrth 1935) yn gyfansoddwr, organydd a chorfeistr Cymraeg.

  • Roedd Caradog Roberts (30 Hydref 1878 – 3 Mawrth 1935) yn gyfansoddwr, organydd a chorfeistr Cymraeg.
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  • Caradog Roberts (30 October 1878 — 3 March 1935) was a Welsh composer, organist and choirmaster.
  • ROBERTS, CARADOG (1878 - 1935), musician 1905; he later (1911) took his doctorate in music at Oxford, the youngest Welshman and the first from North Wales.
  • An entertaining illustrated biography comprising a wealth of information about the troubled and colourful life and notable work of crowned bard, novelist and.
  • ROBERTS, CARADOG (1878 - 1935), musician

    Name: Caradog Roberts
    Date of birth: 1878
    Date of death: 1935
    Parent: Margaret Roberts
    Parent: John Roberts
    Gender: Male
    Occupation: musician
    Area of activity: Eisteddfod; Music; Performing Arts; Religion
    Author: Robert David Griffith

    Born 30 October 1878 in Rhosllanerchrugog, Denbighshire, the son of John and Margaret Roberts.

    He showed musical talent when he was quite young and won several prizes at eisteddfodau. After a short period as pupil-teacher in the local elementary school he spent three years learning the craft of carpenter, but relinquished that in order to devote himself to the study of music.

    He was given lessons on the piano and the organ by Dan C. Owen, Rhosllanerchrugog, Norton Bailey, Dr. J. C. Bridge (organist of Chester cathedral), and Herr Johannes Weingartner.

    In 1894 he was appointed organist of Mynydd Seion Congregational church, Ponciau, near Wrexham, a post which he held for nine years.

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