D. C. WILLIAMS

David Christmas Williams (1871-1926) was born in Llanwrtyd, Brecknock, Wales. Composing by the age of 14, he was educated at University College, Cardiff, and South Wales School of Music. He studied under Dr. Joseph Parry and became his assistant. He was organist and choirmaster at a chapel in Penart, then a music teacher at Merthyr Tydfil and organist of Hope chapel. He was the conductor of Merthyr Musical Society and the North Glamorgan Orchestral Society. His music, popular in London, included cantatas, a suite for orchestra, an orchestral overture, numerous works for male voices, hymns, anthems, and part-songs.

All are mixed chorus; some contain divisi.

SET	TITLE	VOICING	TEXT	LISTEN
	It was a Lover and his Lass		Shakespeare	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	Rest, my loved one, rest			LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	The Indian Serenade		Shelley	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	The Sands of Dee		Charles Kingsley	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
	Weep you no more, sad Fountains			LISTEN X Stop audio before closing