ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PENILLION
From Welsh: verses, plural of penill verse, stanza.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PENILLION»
Discover the use of
penillion in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
penillion and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
BiblioBazaar, Harold Emery 1875 Jones, 2010
2
Lutyens, Maconchy, Williams and Twentieth-Century British ...
and. the. Missa. Cambrensis (1968-71). The first piece to signal a phase of
creative renewal was an orchestral suite entitled Penillion. She had been in the
middle of doing some 'soul destroying' orchestrations of Victorian ballads for the
BBC ...
Dr Rhiannon Mathias, 2013
3
Spatial Relations. Volume Two.: Essays, Reviews, ...
On Penillion — A Brief Extract From a Work on the Form83 'D NEVER HEARD OF
PENILLION until I read John Kerrigan's lifechanging (for me) scholarly work,
Archipelagic English. Kerrigan, referring to the cross-pollinating bilingual poet ...
4
The Invention of Tradition
No mention at all is made of what would have been regarded as the uniquely
Welsh art of penillion singing, or canu gyda'r tannau as it would have been
recognized by Welsh musicians from the 1830s to the present day. The unique
art which ...
Eric Hobsbawm, Terence Ranger, 2012
5
Celtic culture: a historical encyclopedia. Vol. 1-
There are also songs which reflect an earlier period in the ongoing practice of
canu penillion, a form of singing which is peculiar to Wales (CYMRU; see
WELSH MUSIC [3] CERDD DANT). FURTHER READING BALLADS;
CALENDAR; CANU ...
6
Students Guide to Gcse Music for the Wjec Specification: ...
Traditional penillion ('verses') is narrative and improvisatory, characteristics that
Grace TT __ „ r , „ „ „ ...„ c y ' r j> YLCD 1 track 11. See pages 44-47 for Williams
uses to great effect here. The work is divided into five more on cerdd dant.
stanzas ...
In our concerts, Ryan and I sang a lot of 'penillion'. This form of singing,
accompanied by the harp, is as peculiar to the Welsh as mouth music is to the
Scottish Gaelic singers. In simple terms, it is the expression of poetic work in
music to the ...
8
School of Music, Theatre & Dance (University of Michigan) ...
Fred Ormand Eisteddfod Variations and Penillion on a Welsh Harp Tune
American composer Jan Bach draws from the ancient legends and culture of
Wales as inspiration for his composition Eisteddfod. In Welsh history the
Eisteddfod, loosely ...
University of Michigan. School of Music, Theatre & Dance, 1994
9
The Repository of arts, literature, fashions, manufactures, ...
The old harper, who had supplied us with music for the dancing, was once more
called into service, and we commenced singing Penillion*, which promised to
hold * The custom of singing Penillion, .which are a species of epigrammatic ...
More than that, he sang penillion, and as penillion—which is an extempore form
of song into which you may plunge at any point you please, provided you finish
pat and triumphant with the double bar—as penillion concerns itself mainly with ...
5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PENILLION»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
penillion is used in the context of the following news items.
Kinsella's hit for tradition
Listen, for example, to a penillion- stanza from the wonderfully named Penillion of Night where a penumbral half-rhyme in the first couplet ... «The West Australian, Dec 14»
Rachmaninov Vespers, Maryinsky Chorus, Llandaff Cathedral
... same tune at the same time but with different tweaks or ornaments, which is something the Welsh do too, in an ancient style called Penillion. «The Arts Desk, Nov 14»
Morris Dancers offer live music loophole for Royal Wedding parties
Welsh harpists and “penillion” singers traditionally travelled to fairs and markets to perform, but modern equivalents of that tradition could now ... «WalesOnline, Apr 11»
Musicians share their 158 years of memories of BBC NOW
I was playing a Welsh melody when one of the locals broke out into impromptu Penillion singing. “Some of our violinists got their instruments ... «WalesOnline, Sep 10»
Former Welsh rights campaigner denied visa
Music publisher Arfon Gwilym was invited to take part in Smithsonian Institute's exhibition as a folk, penillion (harp accompaniment) and plygain ... «WalesOnline, Jun 09»
