Phyllis Kinney

Phyllis Kinney
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Pontiac (mul) , 4 ga Yuli, 1922
ƙasa	Tarayyar Amurka
Mutuwa	29 ga Yuni, 2026
Ƴan uwa
Abokiyar zama	Meredydd Evans (en)  (10 ga Afirilu, 1948 -  21 ga Faburairu, 2015)
Karatu
Harsuna	Turanci Harshen Welsh
Sana'a
Sana'a	mawaƙi da musicologist (en)

Phyllis Kinney (4 ga Yuli, 1922 - 29 ga Yuni, 2026) mawaƙiya ce 'yar Amurka da Wales, mai tattarawa da kuma masanin tarihi wacce ta kasance babbar ƙwararriya a fannin kiɗan gargajiya na Welsh . Ta yi karatu a Makarantar Juilliard kuma ta kasance mai waƙar soprano tare da Kamfanin Carl Rosa Opera a shekarun 1940. Bayan ta haɗu da mijinta Meredydd Evans, Kinney ta nutsar da kanta cikin al'adun Wales . Ta hanyar rubuce-rubucenta, bincike da wasan kwaikwayo, Kinney ta taimaka wajen adanawa da haɓaka kiɗan gargajiya na Wales. Taskar tarihin Kinney da Evans yanzu wani ɓangare ne na Taskar Tarihin Kiɗa na Welsh a Laburaren Ƙasa na Wales .

An haifi Kinney a Pontiac, Michigan, a ranar 4 ga Yuli, 1922. ^[1] Bayan kammala karatunta a Makarantar Sakandare ta Pontiac, Kinney ta yi rajista a Kwalejin Jihar Michigan da ke East Lansing . ^[1] A can, Gomer Llewelyn Jones, 'yar Wales wadda ta ƙaura zuwa Amurka a 1934 ta koyar da ita kiɗa ^{[2] [3]} Jones ta jawo sha'awar kiɗan Welsh a Kinney, wadda daga baya ta ce "ba ta taɓa jin labarin Wales ba" kafin ta haɗu da shi. ^{[3] [4]} A shekarar 1942, Kinney tana yin wasan kwaikwayo a bainar jama'a na waƙoƙin Welsh, tare da taimakon Jones a piano. ^[2] Jones ta yi la'akari da waƙoƙin soprano nata don kawo "fahimtar halayen mutanen Welsh" ga masu sauraro a Michigan. ^{[2] [5]} Kinney ta kammala karatunta a 1943 kuma ta sami gurbin karatu a Makarantar Juilliard da ke birnin New York . ^[1]

A shekarar 1947, Kinney ta zama jagora a ƙungiyar Carl Rosa Opera Company . Tare da kamfanin, ta yi rangadin Birtaniya a watan Maris na wannan shekarar. A lokacin da ta sauka a Bangor, Wales, Kinney ta haɗu da Meredydd Evans, wani mawaƙin gargajiya na Wales wanda memba ne na ƙungiyar Triawd y Coleg mai farin jini . ^[1] Kinney ta koyi magana, karatu da rubutu a Welsh, kuma ta gabatar da Evans ga waƙoƙin gargajiya daga ko'ina cikin duniya. ^{[3] [4]} Ma'auratan sun yi aure a ranar 10 ga Afrilu, 1948, kuma sun haifi 'ya mace, Eluned, a shekarar 1949. ^[6]

A shekarun 1980, Kinney da Evans sun zauna a Cwmystwyth, inda suka ba da gudummawa ga al'umma kuma suka koyar da Welsh ga maƙwabtansu da ba sa jin yaren Welsh; a cewar mai rubuta tarihin rayuwa R. Arwel Jones, gidan ma'auratan ya zama "abin sha'awa ga mutanen kowane zamani, daga ko'ina cikin Wales da duniya waɗanda za su yi tururuwa zuwa can don jin daɗin haɗin gwiwa da kuma amfana daga karimcin ilimi na ma'auratan". ^[6] Ganin cewa gidansu yana kusa da Laburaren Ƙasa na Wales, Aberystwyth ya ba ma'auratan damar sadaukar da ritayarsu don nazarin tarihin waƙoƙin gargajiya da waƙoƙin gargajiya, kuma bincikensu ya bayyana akai-akai a Canu Gwerin, mujallar Welsh Folk Song Society. ^[6] Jami'ar Wales ta ba Kinney digirin girmamawa na M Mus a shekarar 1991 kuma ta zama abokiyar girmamawa ta Jami'ar Bangor tare da mijinta a shekarar 1997. ^[1] A watan Afrilun 2007, Jami'ar Wales ta buga wani kundin Festschrift ga Evans da Kinney, "tarin rubuce-rubuce masu magana da harsuna biyu masu cikakken harshe na waƙoƙin Welsh da waƙoƙin gargajiya daga manyan masana da masana kiɗa na Wales" don murnar gudummawar da suka bayar "ba wai kawai ga kiɗan gargajiya na Welsh ba har ma ga al'ada da harshen Wales." ^[7]

A shekarar 2011, Jami'ar Wales Press ta buga littafin ƙarshe na Kinney zuwa yanzu, Welsh Traditional Music, wani babban tarihi da nazari kan al'adun kayan kida da na murya na Wales