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Description: | Stone square pedestal with bronze standing figure of 'Caradog' as if conducting with both arms raised and baton held in right hand. At rear of statue a coat is draped over a tasselled three-legged stool with violin leaning against it. Papers on floor to rear of statue's left foot. Cadw report suggests that the presence of the violin is reference to the fact that Rhys Jones also played the violin and the absence of a bow is said to allude to the story that he used a silk handkerchief instead of a bow. The statue was reset on a modern platform with a sunken forecourt in 1962 as part of a Civic Trust Scheme. Additional Information: Griffith Rhys Jones (1834-1897) was trained as a blacksmith. His father was an engineer at the Llwydcoed Ironworks. Rhys Jones formed his first choir at the age of 19 and acquired the title 'Caradog' after the successful 'Cor Caradog' at Aberfan in 1854. In 1858 he became conductor of the Aberdare United Choir and in 1870 founded a male voice choir at Treorchy where he had moved to become a publican. In 1872 and 1873 he conducted the South Wales Choral Union (Cor Mawr) to victory in the Crystal Palace competition. | Subjects: | Statue | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Sculptor: Goscombe John, William Foundry: Burton, Thames Ditton, A.B. | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=6783... | Go to resource |
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