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To Philadelphia and Back – The Life and Music of Joseph Parry

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A portrait of one of Wales’ most important cultural figures. Joseph Parry was born the son of an illiterate steel-worker, but his musical talents were to make him the best-known Welshman of the nineteenth century. He emigrated to America with his family at the age of twelve, and later studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London.

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Bywgraffiad un o ddynion enwocaf yn niwylliant Cymru. Ganed Joseph Parry ym Merthyr i weithiwr dur anllythrennog, ond dangosodd y bachgen yn ifanc fod ganddo gryn allu cerddorol a thyfodd i fod yn Gymro enwocaf y bedwaredd ganrif ar bymtheg. Ymfudodd gyda’i deulu i America yn 12 oed, ond yn ddiweddarach, astudiodd yn yr Academi Gerdd Frenhinol yn Llundain.
A portrait of one of Wales’ most important cultural figures. Joseph Parry was born the son of an illiterate steel-worker, but his musical talents were to make him the best-known Welshman of the nineteenth century. He emigrated to America with his family at the age of twelve, and later studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London.

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English