John Parry
Also known as Bardd Alaw
Welsh harpist and composer (1776-1851)
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- Born
- 1948
- Works
- 41
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- David restored. Or An antidote against the prosperity of the wicked and the afflictions of the just, shewing the different ends of both
- Nehemiah, or, The excellent governour
- Mental disabilities and the Americans with Disabilities Act
- Mental disability law
- Legal, medical, and governmental perspectives on AIDS as a disability
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John Parry (18 February 1776 – 8 April 1851), commonly known by his bardic name "Bardd Alaw", was a Welsh harpist and composer. Parry was born in Denbigh, in northern Wales, the son of a stonemason. He taught himself to play the fife on an instrument that he made himself from a piece of cane, and a dance-master who lived nearby taught him the rudiments of the clarinet, which he used to accompany singers in church. In 1793, Parry joined the Denbighshire militia's volunteers' band, becoming its