death_date death_place birth_place nationality birth_date known_for image article_title name occupation
1 may 1885 kensington , london carmarthen welsh 13 november 1817 `` 1862 -rrb- god bless the prince of wales '' -lrb- henrybrinleyrichards.jpg henry brinley richards
 henry brinley richards composer
henry brinley richards

henry brinley richards -lrb- 13 november 1817 -- 1 may 1885 -rrb- was a welsh composer .
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 , where he later became a professor .
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 .
richards ' most famous work is the song , `` god bless the prince of wales '' -lrb- 1862 -rrb- , 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 .
