Until the 17th century a bard would compose a poem knowing it was going to be sung. Poetry was called music of the tongue and string music was called music of the string ("Cerdd Dant").[1] The Welsh word "cerdd" can mean either poetry or music. When bardic music died out, the knowledge of how the music was set also died out.[2][3]

References

  1. Sally Harper (5 July 2017). Music in Welsh Culture Before 1650: A Study of the Principal Sources. Taylor & Francis. p. 2. ISBN 978-1-351-55726-9.
  2. Music in Welsh Culture Before 1650: A Study of the Principal Sources by Sally Harper, Routledge, 2007, ISBN 0754652637
  3. Welsh Traditional Music by Phyllis Kinney, University of Wales Press, 2011, ISBN 0708323588
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