Isalaw - Kings Head, Beach Road, Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales
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N 53° 13.922 W 004° 07.067
30U E 425388 N 5898666
A tablet to commemorate the birthplace of Isalaw, Bangor, Gwynedd.
Waymark Code: WMF8YX
Location: North Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/12/2012
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Isalaw was the bardic name of John Richards, who was born in this house in 1843, known as the King's Head in Bangor. He was educated first in Bangor and then for two years in Birmingham.
On his return to Bangor and with his friend Thomas Williams he set up the first music class in Bangor which taught people to sing using sol-fa notation.
He wrote a number of articles on music in various journals and he was a prolific composer of hymns, many of which are still used in churches, chapels and played at concerts to this day.
His best-known hymn-tune is probably that called ' Sanctus '.
The tablet is located above the entrance to the building, which is now a fish & chips shop.
The text on the tablet reads:
YN Y TY HWN Y GANED
JOHN RICHARDS
ISALAW
(CERDDOR)
GORFFENNAF 13 1843.
AC YMA Y BU FYW ARE HUD EI OES.
BU FARW MEDI 15 1901.
BYDD MELUS GOF-IO Y CYF-AMOD.
DADORCHUDDIWYD Y GOFLECH HON AWST 5 1943.
Translation:
'IN THIS HOUSE JOHN RICHARDS WAS BORN
ISALAW
(MUSICIAN)
JULY 13 1843
AND HERE IS WHERE HE LIVED ALL HIS LIFE
HE DIED SEPTEMBER 15 1901
IT IS SWEET TO REMEMBER THE COVENANT
THIS TABLET WAS UNVEILED ON AUGUST 5 1943'
Type of Historic Marker: Slate tablet.
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