Short bio Robert Jones
Full biography Robert Jones
Robert Jones was a Welsh composer, born on March 11, 1945. He studied music at the University of Wales and later went on to teach music at several universities, including Cardiff University. Jones is primarily known for his work as a composer, organist, and choirmaster. He has composed several pieces of choral and chamber music, and has had his music performed by various ensembles throughout the UK and other parts of the world.
Jones has won several awards for his compositions, including the First Prize for Composition from the Welsh Music Guild in 1971 for his "Psalm 150". He has also received commissions for his work, including from BBC Radio 3 and Welsh Arts Council. Jones' music has been described as traditional, with influences from Welsh folk traditions, but also featuring modern and contemporary elements.
Some of Jones' notable works include "Veni Creator Spiritus" for choir and organ, "Hiraeth" for baritone and orchestra, and "The Welsh Passion" for choir. He passed away on August 18, 2017, leaving behind a legacy as a highly respected composer, particularly within the Welsh music community.
Compositions featuring Robert Jones
| # | Name | Duration | Genre | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fourth Book of Ayres "A Musical Dream" | Miscellaneous (Classical) | 1609 | |
| 2 | A Pavin (Lessons for the lyra viol, 1601) | 5:35 min | Chamber Music | 1601 |
| 3 | Farewell, Dear Love | 3:18 min | Vocal Music | 1600 |
| 4 | Sweet Philomel | 2:28 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 5 | My love bound me with a kiss | 2:47 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 6 | My Love Is Neither Young Nor Olde | 1:49 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 7 | My mistress sings no other song, air | 2:58 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 8 | Now What Is Love | 3:55 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 9 | O he is gone | 2:28 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 10 | O how my thoughts doe beat me (Second Book of Ayres) | 5:02 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 11 | O Thred of life (from A Musicall Dreame) | 4:09 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 12 | On a Time in Summer Season | 4:00 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 13 | Once Did I Love (Second Book of Ayres) | 4:49 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 14 | Once Did I Serve a Cruel Heart | 2:16 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 15 | Over These Brookes | 7:43 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 16 | Sweet Kate | 1:34 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 17 | Might I redeem mine errors, for voice & lute | 6:44 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 18 | Sweet, If You Like, for voice & lute (from "Ultimum Vale") | 1:53 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 19 | Thinkst Thou Kate | 1:55 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 20 | Though Your Strangeness Frets My Heart | 4:19 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 21 | To Sigh and to Be Sad | 4:23 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 22 | Twelfth Night, incidental music | 4:36 min | - | |
| 23 | What If I Seek for Love of Thee? | 1:50 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 24 | What if I sped? | 1:06 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 25 | When I sit reading (from A Musicall Dreame) | 3:36 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 26 | When love on time (from The First Booke of Songes) | 2:49 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 27 | When wil the fountain (from Ultimum Vale) | 3:54 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 28 | Whither runneth my sweet hart (The Second Book of Songs, 1601), for voice & lute | 2:17 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 29 | Whoso Is Tide | 3:29 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 30 | Will Said to His Mammy | 2:56 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 31 | Fie, what a coil is here! | 2:46 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 32 | And Is It Night? | 3:36 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 33 | Arise (Second Book of Ayres) | 4:29 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 34 | As I Lay Lately In A Dream, for voice & lute | 3:29 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 35 | Beautie stand further (Second Book of Ayres) | 2:33 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 36 | Come Sorrow Come | 5:58 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 37 | Come sorrows (The Second Book of Songs), for voice & lute | 2:35 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 38 | Daintie darling (Second Book of Ayres) | 2:17 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 39 | Did ever man (Second Book of Ayres) | 3:49 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 40 | Dreames and Imagninations | 3:04 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 41 | Fair Oriana Seeming to Wink at Folly | 2:39 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 42 | Faire women (Second Book of Ayres) | 2:19 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 43 | Farewell, Fond Youth | 3:39 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 44 | My Complaining Is But Feigning | 1:47 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 45 | Fly from the World | 3:23 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 46 | Go to bed, sweet muse | 2:10 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 47 | Grief of My Best Love's Absenting | 4:23 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 48 | Happy he (from Ultimum Vale) | 2:44 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 49 | Hark! Wot Ye What? | 4:20 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 50 | If In This Flesh | 4:13 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 51 | Ite caldi sospiri (from "A Musical Dreame") | 2:00 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 52 | Lie Down, Poor Heart | 5:47 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 53 | Love Is a Bable | 2:26 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 54 | Love Wing'd My Hopes | 4:48 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 55 | Love's god is a boy | 2:21 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 56 | Me thought this other night (Second Book of Ayres) | 3:24 min | Vocal Music | - |
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