The Cymreigyddion Festival - chorus singers, 1845. Cultural event in Wales. 'The venerable Eisteddfod of the Welsh was, in olden time, a congress of all the poets and minstrelsy of the country, attended and presided over by the princes and nobles oi the land. It was also a depository for national oral objects of the the restoration of any relics of ancient Cambrian literature, and the encouragement of literature generally, including History, Science, and Poetry; the improvement of Welsh Music, more immediately in reference to the revival of the beautiful airs o
The Cymreigyddion Festival - chorus singers, 1845. Cultural event in Wales. 'The venerable Eisteddfod of the Welsh was, in olden time, a congress of all the poets and minstrelsy of the country, attended and presided over by the princes and nobles oi the land. It was also a depository for national oral objects of the the restoration of any relics of ancient Cambrian literature, and the encouragement of literature generally, including History, Science, and Poetry; the improvement of Welsh Music, more immediately in reference to the revival of the beautiful airs of antiquity - the more general use of the triple harp, the national instrument - and the encouragement of Welsh manufactures in flannels and hats. To these has been added the patronage of the fine '. From "Illustrated London News", 1845, Vol VII.
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