John Morgan Lloyd (19 August 1880 – 30 June 1960) was a

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musician and minor composer. As a composer, he is best known for his

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tunes, including "Pro Nostris Liberis", and was a representative of Wales on the committee for the 1927 revision of the ''Church Hymnary''. He was born at

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in the Rhondda Valley, the son of a men's outfitter. His family were founder members of Penuel Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church, in High Street,

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, where they lived from 1889; he was playing the

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in the chapel at an early age. He became a pupil at

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, and after leaving school worked as his father's assistant. Already in demand as an accompanist, he became accompanist to the

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in 1900, and was afterwards selected to study under the composer David Evans at

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. He subsequently became organist of Trinity English Presbyterian Church, Barry. Military service during the

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interrupted his musical career, and he eventually gained his B.Mus. and D.Mus. degrees from

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, in 1928. At Trinity, he was taught by

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(whose other pupils included

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and

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); he was also taught by

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He became a lecturer at Cardiff and later succeeded his one-time teacher, David Evans, as professor there. His pupils included

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, David Wynne and

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. A John Morgan Lloyd Scholarship is awarded in his name to students of composition; recipients have included Steven Berryman. His

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"Arthur yn cyfodi" ("The awakening of Arthur") was written in 1931 to a lyric by R. Silyn Roberts; the better-known composer W. S. Gwynn Williams produced a setting of the poem which is better known. His hymn tunes included "Colwinstone", "Porthkerry", "Nadolig" and "Benediction". He died in Barry, aged 79, and is buried in Merthyr Dyfan cemetery.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lloyd, John Morgan 1880 births 1960 deaths Welsh classical composers Welsh male classical composers Welsh classical organists Welsh Methodist hymnwriters 20th-century Welsh male musicians