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Title
Ivor Novello (1893–1951)
Date
2009
Medium
bronze, pink granite & slate
Measurements
H 213 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Accession number
CF10_MWB_S045
Acquisition method
funded by public subscription
Work type
Statue
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
27th June 2009
Access
at all times
Inscription description
inscribed on the panel on the front of the pedestal: GLAMOROUS NIGHT / CARELESS RAPTURE / CREST OF THE WAVE / THE DANCING YEARS / KING'S RHAPSODY / PERCHANCE TO DREAM; on the panel on the left of the pedestal: IVOR NOVELLO / (DAVID IVOR DAVIES) / COMPOSER, PLAYWRIGHT, ACTOR / CYFANSODDWR, DRAMODYDD, ACTOR / 1893-1951; on the panel on the back of the pedestal: 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; on the panel on the left of the pedestal: 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