Arwel Hughes
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- The history and principles of comparative religion in Britain 1850-1950
- God of the poor
- Power and poverty
- Meddiannu Tir Immanuel
- Ethnic identity from the margins
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Arwel Hughes (August 25, 1909 – September 23, 1988), was a Welsh orchestral conductor and composer. Hughes was born in Rhosllannerchrugog, and was educated at Ruabon Grammar School near Wrexham and at the Royal College of Music, where he studied with Ralph Vaughan Williams and C. H. Kitson. Following his studies at the RCM he became organist at the church of St Philip and St James, Oxford, and in 1935 returned to Wales to join the staff of the BBC’s music department. <a href="https://www.last.f
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Hughes
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Rhosllanerchrugog
- Occupation
- composer
- Educated at
- Royal College of Music
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Instrument
- organ
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- date of death
- 1988-09-23
- date of birth
- 1909-08-25
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- Ludwig Kaas
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