Joseph Parry

Composer
BIRTHDAY
May 21,1841
Birthplace
Wales
Age
Feb 17,1903,age 61
Birth Sign
Gemini
BIRTHDAY
May 21,1841 (age Feb 17,1903,age 61)
Birthplace
Wales

About

Welsh composer best remembered for composing the hymn tune Aberystwyth, which was used in the national anthem of South Africa.

Before Fame

The small cottage where he was born is now a public museum.

Trivia

He was the subject of the 1978 BBC program Off to Philadelphia in the Morning.

Family Life

His family emigrated from Wales to the United States in 1854.

Associated With

He and fellow composer Alice Mary Smith studied under the tutelage of the same music teacher, William Sterndale Bennett.