Mynyddog

Born Richard Davies in Llanbrynmair, Montgomeryshire, on January 10, 1833, he wrote under the bardic name Mynyddog. He became a popular Welsh-language poet and singer, and his work was closely tied to the musical and literary culture of Wales.

Mynyddog is especially remembered for writing words that entered Welsh popular tradition, including songs such as Myfanwy and Gwnewch Bopeth yn Gymraeg. He was also active as an Eisteddfod conductor, which helped make him an important public figure in Welsh cultural life during the Victorian period.

He died on July 14, 1877. Collections of his writing were published during his lifetime and after his death, helping preserve the work of a writer whose poems and lyrics remained widely loved in Wales.