Composers

Henry Brinley Richards

Piano
Voice
Piece
Song
Romance
Nocturne
Folk music
Dance
Étude
Sacred hymns
Hymn
Religious music
by popularity

#

3 Octave Studies, Op.738 Morceaux caractéristiques

A

Alexandra, Op.81Auld Lang Syne, Op.57Ave Sanctissima, Op.45

B

Bolero de l'opéra 'Les vêpres siciliennes', Op.22

C

C’est une Fille Charmante que j’aime, Op.5Christmas Bell, Op.32

D

Das Echo von Luzern, Op.61Das klare Auge, Op.78Das Lebewohl, Op.65Des Wanderers Traum, Op.47Die Klosterkirche, Op.27

E

Engels Traum, Op.110Etude de Concert, Op.37

F

Fantasia on Airs from 'Don Pasquale'

I

Ihres Auges himmlisch' Strahlen aus 'Der Troubadour', Op.21In Foreign Lands, Op.67 No.1

L

La reine blanche, Op.40Louise, Op.67

M

Marie, Op.60

O

Ombra Leggera

P

Picciola, Op.24

R

Recollections of Wales

S

Serenade, Op.64Sibylle, Op.25

T

The Last Rose of Summer, Op.45The Songs of WalesThe Vesper Hymn, Op.15Träumerei, Op.34

V

Victoria, Op.26Vöglein's Abendlied, Op.71

W

Warblings at Dawn, Op.69Weber's Last Waltz, Op.63
Wikipedia
Henry Brinley Richards (13 November 1817 – 1 May 1885) was a Welsh composer, who also published some works under the pseudonym 'Carl Luini'.
Richards was born in Hall Street, Carmarthen, his father being organist at St Peter's Church in the town and an organiser of local musical events. Richards won a prize at the Gwent-Morgannwg Eisteddfod of 1834, held at Cardiff, for his arrangement of the popular folk song, "The Ash Grove". As a result, he received the patronage of the Duke of Newcastle; this enabled him to study at the Royal Academy of Music. After completing his studies, he went to Paris where he became a pupil of Frédéric Chopin. It was in Paris that his first major work, the Overture in F Minor, was performed.
He taught piano at the Royal Academy of Music, becoming one of the Academy's directors and instigating its regional system of examinations.
Richards' most famous work is the song, "God Bless the Prince of Wales" (1862), written in honour of the future King Edward VII of the United Kingdom. Amongst his greatest works for the piano is the Fantasia On Favorite Airs From Meyerbeer's Opera "Les Huguenots", Op. 75. Although not Welsh-speaking, he was a patron of the National Eisteddfod of Wales and gave encouragement to Welsh music students. He used the bardic name "Pencerdd Towy", and supported Lady Llanover in her efforts to popularise the triple harp. Brinley Richards died at his home in Kensington, London, and is buried in Brompton Cemetery.