John Davies (13 November 1787 – 27 April 1855) was a Welsh (

Glamorganshire Glamorgan (), or sometimes Glamorganshire ( or ), was one of the thirteen counties of Wales that existed from 1536 until their abolishment in 1974. It is located in the south of Wales. Originally an early medieval petty kingdom of varying bo ...

) stone mason, and a composer. He began his career as a stone-mason, notoriously working by both day and night. He had been taught to play the dulcimer by a lodger at the age of about fourteen, but it was not until he was about thirty that he seriously began to study music, becoming both a performer and a composer. His works include a number of anthems and hymn tunes, such as "Gethsemane" (''Lleuad yr Oes'', 1827), which was arranged by Rowland Huw Pritchard. He died in 1855 in

Llanelli ; ) is a market town and community (Wales), community in Carmarthenshire and the Preserved counties of Wales, preserved county of Dyfed, Wales. It is on the estuary of the River Loughor and is the largest town in the Principal areas of Wales, ...

, and was buried in

Mynydd-bach Mynydd-Bach or Mynydd-bach is a suburban district and community in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, It falls within the coterminous Mynydd-Bach ward. The name Mynydd-Bach () refers to a small plateau, centred about north of Swansea city ...

cemetery.

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1787 births 1855 deaths 19th-century Welsh musicians 19th-century Welsh composers Welsh classical composers Welsh male classical composers 19th-century Welsh male musicians {{UK-musician-stub