{"id":3580,"date":"2025-04-20T00:53:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T23:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.garwheritage.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=3580"},"modified":"2025-04-20T00:53:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T23:53:09","slug":"calon-lan-a-different-take-on-a-welsh-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.garwheritage.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=3580","title":{"rendered":"Calon L\u00e2n \u2013 A Different Take on a Welsh Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Calon L\u00e2n<\/em>&nbsp;is one of the most beloved Welsh hymns\u2014rich in heritage and deeply moving in both words and melody. But did you know the version we all know and love wasn&#8217;t the original?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hymn was written in the late 19th century. The\u00a0lyrics\u00a0were penned in\u00a01891 by Daniel James\u00a0(1848\u20131920), a Welsh poet who wrote under the bardic name\u00a0Gwyrosydd. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interestingly, the hymn was\u00a0originally set to a different melody\u00a0by James\u2019 friend,\u00a0Thomas Bedford Richards, before the now-familiar tune composed by\u00a0John Hughes\u00a0(1872\u20131914) became widely adopted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We thought you might enjoy hearing a version of\u00a0<em>Calon L\u00e2n<\/em>\u00a0using\u00a0the original Richards melody, performed by a friend of the\u00a0Garw Valley Heritage Society. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Press the play button below to listen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.garwheritage.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Calon-Lan.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calon L\u00e2n&nbsp;is one of the most beloved Welsh hymns\u2014rich in heritage and deeply moving in both words and melody. But did you know the version we all know and love wasn&#8217;t the original? The hymn was written in the late 19th century. The\u00a0lyrics\u00a0were penned in\u00a01891 by Daniel James\u00a0(1848\u20131920), a Welsh poet who wrote under the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.garwheritage.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.garwheritage.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.garwheritage.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.garwheritage.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.garwheritage.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3580"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.garwheritage.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3582,"href":"http:\/\/www.garwheritage.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3580\/revisions\/3582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.garwheritage.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.garwheritage.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.garwheritage.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}