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Ivor Novello

David Ivor Davies, better known as Ivor Novello Cardiff 1893 - London 1951
Welsh composer, singer and actor
(Wikipedia)

Peter Nicholas
2009

Description

Bronze statue showing Novello seated at work on a manuscript.

Inscription(s)

IVOR NOVELLO
(david ivor davies)
composer, playwrigh, actor
cyfansoddwr, dramadydd, actor
1893-1951

glamorous night
careless rapture
crest of the wave
the dancing years
king's rhapsody
perchance to dream

in this city was born
a king
who gave his people
dreams and songs to sing

ar aelwyd dinas glo
cynheuwyd cân
gynhesodd genedl
gyfan gyda'i dân

keep the home fires burning
i can give you the starlight
my dearest dear
love is my reason
we'll gather lilacs
some day my heart will awake

Signed: sculpture by / peter nicholas / arca. frbs.

Annotation

Unveiled 27 June 2009.

Artist

Peter Nicholas (Tredegar 1934), Welsh sculptor in Swansea (Website).

Sources & Information

Cardiff Public Art Register (PDF on-line).
Wikipedia, List of public art in Cardiff.

Location (N 51°27'49" - W 3°9'48") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbwa018; Photograph: 24 July 2012
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