Talk:Hyfrydol

I have added a reference for this hymn. Does anyone else have another? Also, could someone who can do IPA please add the pronunciation (HUV-ruh-doll or the anglicised HIV-ruh-doll, but, please, not HY-fruh-doll).Rockhopper10r 21:10, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

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My great-great grandfather wrote this hymn! He would be most happy to see that the given harmonization is DIATONIC, avoiding unnecessary chromatics. Although, as a composer, I enjoy extensive chromaticism, I am certain that Rowland would appreciate the simpicity of the given harmonization. The fact that he worked so successfully within a hexatonic scale, has resulted in this hymn-tune often being regarded as one of the finest ever composed! -Fredrick Pritchard (Prichard) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.158.49.164 (talk) 12:32, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Meaning? Cheerful or lovely?

The current version suggests that 'Hyfrydol' means "cheerful". Could this be checked? I have a recollection of seeing various programme notes at various concerts (that included RVW's prelude on the tune) indicating that it means "lovely". Feline Hymnic (talk) 19:15, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

20 years old?

The text currently reads, "Composed in 1844 by Rowland Prichard, it was originally published in the composer's handbook to the Welsh children's songbook Cyfaill y Cantorion ("The Singers' Friend"). Prichard composed the tune before he was twenty years old."

However, on further inspection, we discover that Prichard was born in 1811, according to his Wikipedia page. He was twenty years old in 1831, not 1844. I think this could be explained a little more clearly? Henry Doktorski (talk) 20:45, 4 August 2025 (UTC)