William Penfro Rowlands
1860–1937 · Romantic
Composer
during the Welsh revival of 1904-1905, BLAENWERN was published in Henry H. Jones’s Can a Moliant (1915). The tune’s name refers to a farm in Pembrokeshire where Rowlands convalesced in his youth. A church musician of many talents, Rowlands was a teacher in several schools. He composed hymn tunes and anthems and was conductor of the famous Morriston