“The country has awakened, and the nation is beginning to rub its eyes. Our literature is growing and our poets multiplying; perhaps our music lags furthest behind.”

Original: Y mae'r wlad wedi deffro, a'r genedl yn dechreu rhwbio ei llygaid. Y mae ein llenyddiaeth ar gynnydd, a'n beirdd o hyd yn amlhau; dichon mai ein cerddoriaeth sydd fwyaf ar ol. — Expressing optimism about a Welsh cultural awakening while calling for musical renewal · Address, National Eisteddfod Merthyr proclamation, 1900 (Welsh)

• Hope
• Music
• Poetry

“Our own old melodies and our old musicians must be given more room and greater attention.”

Original: Rhaid i'n hen alawon ein hunain, a'n hen gerddorion ni, gael mwy o le a rhagor o sylw. — Calling for greater attention to the inherited musical traditions of Wales · Address, National Eisteddfod Merthyr proclamation, 1900 (Welsh)

• Memory
• Music
• Tradition

“It is not an institution for teaching shorthand, but one where hands too calloused to write it can clap their applause for a song.”

Original: Nid sefydliad i ddysgu llaw-fer yw hi, ond sefydliad i ddwylaw â gormod o gyrn arnynt i ysgrifennu llaw-fer, i guro cymeradwyaeth cân. — Celebrating the Eisteddfod as a cultural home for working people · Gorsedd paper, National Eisteddfod Rhyl, 1892 (Welsh)

• Art
• Community
• Music