The First 1500 Years
of Welsh Poetry
Including Fern Hill, a tribute to Dylan Thomas
By John Good
An Oceans Apart Production
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Liner Notes
The First Fifteen Hundred Years of Welsh Poetry
The idea behind this presentation is to allow those unfamiliar with the
Welsh language and/or Welsh poetry, both in Welsh and English, a
convenient access to an often neglected, extremely rewarding, sometimes
daunting, obscure and yet magical world of verse. One that has
been flowing (and still flows!) from the western side of Offa’s Dyke
and, in fact, from Welsh hearts and souls every and anywhere in the
world since King Caratocos was a boy!
My qualifications for this job, having learnt/re-learnt Welsh in
Arizona; having only three years apprenticeship of the nine
required in the writing of bardic Welsh poetry; having limited
and recently acquired knowledge/exposure to the art form; being a
musician !@#$%? …. my qualifications are more on the lines of the
enthusiast than the professor. But the one advantage I have over
the literati is the fairly fresh memory of the frustration in not
finding (until recently) moderately accessible writings on the subject
designed for the novice, in English or Welsh. In a word, I don’t
believe that a ticket to this show should be so outlandishly expensive
and the ticket office such a mysterious place to find. I hope the true
professors in this field will gently correct my errors and
misconceptions, and that the spark created by this presentation will
lead all concerned on to further, deeper inquiry and pleasure.
John Good/Sioni Dda
Download the companion texts to the recording (112K Adobe® Acrobat® Reader file).
Track List
Listen to the CD
1. Introduction
2. Taliesin/Cynfeirdd
3. Gogynfeirdd
4. Marwnad LLywelyn ap Gruffudd
5. Dafydd ap Gwilym
6. Yr Wylan
7. Hen Benillion
8. Hedd Wyn
9. R Williams Parry
10. Herbert and Vaughn
11. RS and DM Thomas
12. Fern Hill
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Album
Credits
Producers:
John Good
Mix down and mastering:
Kyle Harris
Graphic designers:
Mark Foshee
John Good
Steve Colby:
6
string guitar
John Good:
Voice, 6
string guitar
Musical composition by John Good.
Photo by Mike Mclure.
Copyright 2007, All rights Reserved
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