Dilys Elwyn-Edwards (née Roberts; 19 August 1918 – 13 January 2012) was a Welsh-language composer, lecturer and accompanist.
[5] In the 1960s they moved back to Wales,[3] where Elwyn became minister for the Calvinist Methodist chapel in Castle Square, Caernarfon.
[7] She was known for her soft, melodic art songs (Lied) for voice in both Welsh and English.
Charlotte Church[8] and Aled Jones[9] have recorded Caneuon y Tri Aderyn (Three Welsh Bird Songs; 1962): Y Gylfinir (The Curlew), Tylluanod (Owls), and her most famous song, Mae Hiraeth yn y Môr (There is longing in the sea, R. Williams Parry's sonnet set to music).
[6] Bryn Terfel recorded in 2004 on his DG CD "Silent Noon" The Cloths of Heaven/ Gwisg Nefoedd[10] by Elwyn-Edwards (with text by W.B.