Peter Philips

Short bio Peter Philips

Birthday: 1560 in London, England

Died: 1628 in Brussels, Belgium

Genre: Classical

Period: Renaissance

Full biography Peter Philips

Peter Philips was an English composer, organist, and Catholic priest who lived from 1560 or 1561 to 1628. He was known for his works in madrigals, motets, and keyboard music, and was considered one of the greatest composers of his time, with a considerable reputation during his lifetime. Philips was a Roman Catholic and experienced exile due to his religious beliefs, living and working in countries like Italy, Austria, and the Spanish Netherlands.

Philips' works were primarily sacred choral music, and he was highly skilled at writing vocal and instrumental pieces that were smooth and well-planned. He also made significant contributions to the development of Baroque keyboard music, such as his arrangements of the Italian pieces known as Toccatas.

Although Philips' religious affiliations had a considerable influence on his music and life, it is important to note that he did not always compose music strictly for Catholic liturgies. He also wrote secular choral works.

Overall, Peter Philips was an eminent English composer and musician of his time , well-known for his contributions to sacred choral music and instrumental music. He is much revered today, with his compositions still being performed in concerts and liturgies all over the world.

Compositions featuring Peter Philips

#	Name	Duration	Genre	Year
1	Assumpsit Jesus Petrum, for 2 voices & continuo	2:39 min	Choral	1628
2	Domine, probasti me, for voice & continuo	3:14 min	Vocal Music	1628
3	O crux ave spes unica, for 2 voices & continuo	3:50 min	Vocal Music	1628
4	O Dilecte, for voice & continuo	2:49 min	Vocal Music	1628
5	O fons vitae, for 2 voices & continuo	4:19 min	Choral	1628
6	O quam bonus et suavis est Dominus, for 2 voices & continuo	3:44 min	Choral	1628
7	O Quam Suavis Est, Dominus (ii), for 8 voices & continuo	4:10 min	Choral	1628
8	Spem in alium, for 2 voices & continuo	4:12 min	Choral	1616
9	Beata Dei Genitrix Maria, for 8 voices & continuo	2:56 min	Choral	1613
10	Beati estis, motet (from Cantiones sacrae)	3:09 min	Vocal Music	1613
11	Benedictus Dominus, motet (from Cantiones sacrae)	3:37 min	Vocal Music	1613
12	Caecilia virgo, motet (from Cantiones sacrae)	6:57 min	Vocal Music	1613
13	Ecce Panis angelorum, for 8 voices & continuo	2:51 min	Choral	1613
14	Exsurgens Maria, for 8 voices & continuo	3:22 min	Choral	1613
15	Gaudens gaudebo, motet (from Cantiones sacrae)	2:52 min	Vocal Music	1613
16	O bone Jesu, 2 voices & continuo	2:43 min	Vocal Music	1613
17	O Pastor aeterne, for 8 voices & continuo	3:06 min	Choral	1613
18	O quam suavis est (i), a 8 (1613)	4:25 min	Choral	1613
19	O quam suavis est, Dominus (i), for 2 voices & continuo	3:50 min	Choral	1613
20	Panis sancte, panis vive, motet (from Cantiones sacrae)	3:57 min	Vocal Music	1613
21	Salve regina, vita dulcedo, motet for 8 voices	5:50 min	Choral	1613
22	O Beatum et Sacrosanctum Diem for 5 voices	2:36 min	Vocal Music	1612
23	O crux splendidior, motet for 5 voices	5:52 min	Choral	1612
24	Amarilli di Julio Romano, keyboard intabulation for keyboard in G minor after Giullio Caccini	4:01 min	Keyboard	1603
25	Amarilli for keyboard	3:45 min	Keyboard	1603
26	Surgens Jesus	2:02 min	Miscellaneous (Classical)	16??
27	Fece da Voi a 6, version for keyboard	3:05 min	Keyboard	1596
28	Pavan and Galliard for consort in 5 parts "Dolorosa"	6:28 min	Chamber Music	1593
29	Pavana & Galiarda Dolorosa for keyboard in C major	9:05 min	Keyboard	1593
30	Pavan and Galliard for consort in 5 parts "Paget"	9:46 min	Chamber Music	1590
31	Fantasia for keyboard in F major (1582)	6:06 min	Keyboard	1582
32	Alma Redemptoris Mater, motet for 5 voices	3:29 min	Choral	-
33	Alman Tregian for consort in 5 parts	2:18 min	Chamber Music	-
34	Almande d'amor for keyboard in G minor	2:51 min	Keyboard	-
35	Almande for keyboard in D minor	3:29 min	Keyboard	-
36	Amarilli di Julio Romano, for keyboard (Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, No. 82)	3:55 min	Chamber Music	-
37	Aria del Gran Duca Ferdinando di Toscana, for consort in 5 parts	2:15 min	Chamber Music	-
38	Aria, Simpson No 3	1:28 min	Chamber Music	-
39	Ascendit Deus for 5 voices	2:46 min	Choral	-
40	Ave gratia plena, motet for 5 voices	3:08 min	Choral	-
41	Ave Jesu Christe for 8 voices	4:02 min	Choral	-
42	Ave Regina Caelorum, antiphon for 5 voices	3:42 min	Choral	-
43	Ave verum corpus	4:01 min	Miscellaneous (Classical)	-
44	Ave Verum Corpus, motet for 5 voices	4:00 min	Choral	-
45	Balla d'amore, Tregian No 7	3:09 min	Chamber Music	-
46	Beata Agnes, motet for 5 voices	4:11 min	Vocal Music	-
47	Benedicam Dominum, for keyboard in G minor (after Orfeo Vecchi)	5:10 min	Keyboard	-
48	Benedictus Deus noster, motet (from Cantiones sacrae)	3:33 min	Vocal Music	-
49	Bon Jour Mon Cueur di Orlando (after Lassus; Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, No. 79)	3:41 min	Chamber Music	-
50	Cantabant Sancti, motet for 5 voices	3:20 min	Choral	-
51	Cantantibus Organis Cecilia, motet for 5 voices	2:58 min	Keyboard	-
52	Cantate Domino, motet for 2 voices	3:58 min	Vocal Music	-
53	Che fa, for keyboard in A minor (after Luca Marenzio)	2:23 min	Keyboard	-
54	Chi farà fede al Cielo, fantasia for keyboard in G major after Alessandro Striggio (Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, No. 78)	5:05 min	Keyboard	-
55	Christus resurgens, motet for 5 voices	3:12 min	Choral	-
56	Chromatic Pavane and Galliard	6:20 min	Chamber Music	-
57	Conceptio tua, motet for 5 voices	3:13 min	Choral	-
58	Così morirò (after Marenzio)	1:46 min	Keyboard	-
59	Cromatica Pavana, for lute	5:36 min	Chamber Music	-
60	Crux Fidelis for 3 voices	3:15 min	Vocal Music	-
61	Cum jucunditate, motet (from Cantiones sacrae)	3:05 min	Choral	-
62	Deccio Dunque partire, for keyboard in D minor (after Luca Marenzio)	5:47 min	Keyboard	-
63	Den lustelijken mei for keyboard in G major	2:00 min	Keyboard	-
64	Disciplinam et sapientiam, motet for 5 voices	2:27 min	Vocal Music	-
65	Dolorosa Pavan and Galliard, Tregian No 1, for keyboard (Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, Nos. 80-81)	8:58 min	Keyboard	-
66	Ecce Vicit Leo for 8 voices	3:20 min	Choral	-
67	Ecco l'aurora Luca Marenz[io] à 5, keyboard intabulation in G major	3:16 min	Keyboard	-
68	Elegerunt apostoli, motet for 5 voices	3:20 min	Vocal Music	-
69	Fantasia (Fantasia No. 15) for keyboard in G major (Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, No. 84)	9:22 min	Keyboard	-
70	Fantasia in d	3:19 min	Keyboard	-
71	Fantasia, for keyboard	3:14 min	Keyboard	-
72	Fece da voi partita, for keyboard (Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, No. 73)	3:43 min	Miscellaneous (Classical)	-
73	Freno Tirsi il desio (after Marenzio)	2:53 min	Keyboard	-
74	Gabriel Angelus apparuit, motet for 5 voices	3:07 min	Vocal Music	-
75	Gabriel Angelus, motet (from Cantiones sacrae)	2:54 min	Choral	-
76	Galliard (Galliardo No. 18) for keyboard (Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, No. 87)	1:08 min	Keyboard	-
77	Galliard (or Coranto) (Tregian No. 6) (after Augustine Bassano)	1:05 min	Chamber Music	-
78	Galliard for keyboard in A minor (i)	1:51 min	Keyboard	-
79	Galliard for keyboard in A minor (ii)	1:44 min	Keyboard	-
80	Galliard for keyboard in G minor	3:47 min	Keyboard	-
81	Galliard to Phillips Pavin	1:42 min	Chamber Music	-
82	Galliard, Tregian No 13	0:48 min	Chamber Music	-
83	Galliarda Passamezzo	5:04 min	Chamber Music	-
84	Gallliarda Dolorosa	2:11 min	Miscellaneous (Classical)	-
85	Gallliardo for harpsicord	2:07 min	Keyboard	-
86	Gaude Maria Virgo, motet for 5 voices	5:36 min	Choral	-
87	Gaudeamus omnes, motet for 5 voices	3:05 min	Choral	-
88	Gaudent in Coelis, motet for 5 voices	2:40 min	Vocal Music	-
89	Gentes Philippus ducit, motet (from Cantiones sacrae)	3:50 min	Choral	-
90	Hodie beata virgo Maria, motet for 5 voices	4:44 min	Choral	-
91	Hodie Concepta Est, motet	3:14 min	Choral	-
92	Hodie Sanctus Benedictus, motet for 5 voices	3:42 min	Choral	-
93	In splendenti nube, for chorus & organ	3:01 min	Choral	-
94	Intavolata manualiter for organ in A minor	1:50 min	Keyboard	-
95	Iste est Iohannes, motet for 5 voices	4:32 min	Choral	-
96	Jubilate Deo, for 8 voices	3:00 min	Vocal Music	-
97	Le bel Ange du Ciel, berceuse de Noël for 4 voices	3:19 min	Vocal Music	-
98	Le Rossignol	4:03 min	Chamber Music	-
99	Liquide perle amor, keyboard intabulation in G minor after Luca Marenzio	2:06 min	Keyboard	-
100	Litania Duodecima, motet	12:48 min	Choral	-
101	Loquebantur variis linguis, motet for 5 voices	2:53 min	Vocal Music	-
102	Margott Laborez	2:25 min	Keyboard	-
103	Media vita in morte sumus, motet for 5 voices	3:39 min	Vocal Music	-
104	Modo veniet Dominator Dominus, motet for 5 voices	2:36 min	Choral	-
105	Mulieres sedentes, motet for 5 voices	5:40 min	Choral	-
106	Ne reminiscaris, Domine, motet (from Cantiones sacrae)	3:01 min	Choral	-
107	Ne timeas, Maria, motet for 5 voices	1:53 min	Vocal Music	-
108	O beatum Martinum, motet (from Cantiones sacrae)	3:05 min	Choral	-
109	O Crux Splendidior, motet	5:43 min	Choral	-
110	O Maria Mater, motet for 5 voices	6:51 min	Choral	-
111	O Mistress Mine	2:55 min	Miscellaneous (Classical)	-
112	O nomen Jesu, motet for 5 voices	2:47 min	Choral	-
113	O sacrum convivium, motet for 3 voices	3:05 min	Vocal Music	-
114	O Si Quando Videbo	3:08 min	Miscellaneous (Classical)	-
115	Passamezzo Pavan and Galliard	13:19 min	Chamber Music	-
116	Passamezzo Pavana & Galiarda Passamezzo for keyboard in G minor	14:22 min	Keyboard	-
117	Pater noster, motet for 5 voices	3:37 min	Vocal Music	-
118	Pavan	4:19 min	Chamber Music	-
119	Pavan 1580 (Pavana No. 16), for keyboard (Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, No. 85)	3:28 min	Keyboard	-
120	Pavan & Galliard	3:51 min	Chamber Music	-
121	Pavan & Galliard (after Augustine Bassano) (Tregian No. 8)	2:20 min	Chamber Music	-
122	Pavan & Galliard (after Thomas Morley) (Tregian No. 4)	4:01 min	Chamber Music	-
123	Pavan and Galliard in F, Tregian No 2	7:07 min	Chamber Music	-
124	Pavan for consort in 5 parts "Passamezzo"	7:03 min	Chamber Music	-
125	Pavan, Nos 70, 71"after Dallis"	3:17 min	Chamber Music	-
126	Pavana 1580 & Galliarda for keyboard in G major	4:56 min	Keyboard	-
127	Pavana Anglica (Collerirt), free ornamentation for keyboard in A minor after Thomas Tomkins	7:26 min	Keyboard	-
128	Pavana Dolorosa	5:59 min	Chamber Music	-
129	Pavana Pagget, for keyboard (Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, No. 74)	5:24 min	Keyboard	-
130	Pavane and Galliard for keyboard	5:12 min		-
131	Philips Pavanne & Galiarde	2:50 min	Miscellaneous (Classical)	-
132	Phillips Pavan	3:39 min	Chamber Music	-
133	Pour vous amour	3:00 min	Miscellaneous (Classical)	-
134	Regina Caeli	3:08 min	Choral	-
135	Salve Regina, mater misericordiae, motet for 5 voices	5:55 min	Vocal Music	-
136	Salve Regina, motet	4:46 min	Choral	-
137	Salve, salutaris Victima, motet for 5 voices	4:36 min	Choral	-
138	Sancti mei, motet (from Cantiones sacrae)	3:09 min	Choral	-
139	Se desio di fugir, keyboard intabulation in D minor after Horatio Vechi	2:24 min	Keyboard	-
140	Sicut misit me vivens Pater, motet for 3 voices	3:57 min	Vocal Music	-
141	Simon Petre, motet for 5 voices	3:54 min	Choral	-
142	Stella, quam viderant Magi, motet for 5 voices	5:05 min	Choral	-
143	Surge Petre, motet (from Cantiones sacrae)	3:33 min	Choral	-
144	Surgens Jesus, motet for 5 voices	2:16 min	Choral	-
145	The Galliard, for lute		Chamber Music	-
146	The Nightingale	3:52 min	Miscellaneous (Classical)	-
147	Tibi laus, tibi gloria, motet for 5 voices	3:16 min	Choral	-
148	Tirsi morir volea, diminutions for keyboard (after Marenzio; Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, Nos. 70-72)	5:42 min	Keyboard	-
149	Trio	2:57 min	Miscellaneous (Classical)	-
150	Tristitia Vestra, motet or 5 voices	2:07 min	Choral	-
151	Tu es Petrus, motet for 8 voices	3:14 min	Choral	-
152	Tu es vas electionis, motet (from Cantiones sacrae)	2:57 min	Choral	-
153	Ut re mi fa sol la, madrigal for 6 voices	2:50 min	Vocal Music	-
154	Veni Sancte Spiritus, for keyboard	4:57 min	Keyboard	-
155	Viae Sion lugent, motet for 5 voices	3:12 min	Vocal Music	-

Albums featuring Peter Philips

#	Name album	Year	Music label
1	Philips, & Dering – The Choir Of Gonville & Caius College, In Echo, Matthew Martin (3) – Motets(CD, )	2023	Linn Records
2	Pieter-Jan Belder / Philips - Sweelinck – The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book – Volume 3(2×CD, Album)	2014	Brilliant Classics
3	Tejada, Storace, Valente, Coelho, Correa de Arauxo, Andrés Cea, Philips – Tiento A Las Españas. Music Of The Age Of The Spanish Empire(CD, )	2013	Lindoro
4	Philips / The Choir Of Royal Holloway, Rupert Gough, The English Cornett And Sackbut Ensemble – Cantiones Sacrae Octonis Vocibus (1613)(CD, Album)	2013	Hyperion
5	Convivium Singers, Peter Philips – An Englishman Abroad (Latin Motets 1612-1628)(CD, Album)	2011	Convivium Records
6	Peter Philips / The Sarum Consort, Andrew Mackay – Cantiones Sacrae Quinnis Et Octonibus Vocibus (Antwerp 1612 And 1613)	2011	Naxos
7	Peter Philips / Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge, Richard Marlow – Cantiones Sacre 1612(CD, Album)	2010	Chaconne
8	Peter Philips, Elizabeth Farr – Harpsichord Works(CD, Album)	2006	Naxos
9	Gabrieli • Lasso • Philips • De Wert • Willaert – Vocal And Instrumental Ensemble Currende, Concerto Palatino, Erik Van Nevel – Musica Sacra(5×CD, Compilation, Reissue)	2003	Accent
10	Peter Philips - The Tudor Consort, Peter Walls – Cantiones Sacrae / Quinis Vocibus(CD, )	2001	Naxos
11	Peter Philips, The Sarum Consort, Andrew Mackay – Cantiones Sacrae Quinis Vocibus - Antwerp 1612(CD, Album)	2001	Gaudeamus
12	Peter Philips : Colin Booth – The English Exile(CD, Album)	2000	Soundboard Records
13	John Bull / Peeter Cornet / Peter Philips / Anonymi, Kris Verhelst – Keyboard Music At The Court Of Albert & Isabella(CD, )	1998	Vanguard Classics
14	Stanislav Heller, d'Angelbert, Philips, Frescobaldi, Froberger, Couperin – European Harpsichord Of The 17th Century(CD, Album)	1995	Melantrich
15	Peter Philips, Winchester Cathedral Choir, The Parley Of Instruments, David Hill – Motets By Peter Philips	1993	Hyperion
16	Philips & Dering - Choir Of King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury – Motets(CD, Album, Stereo)	1991	EMI Classics
17	Peter Philips - Currende, Erik Van Nevel, Marie-Noelle De Callatay, Greta de Reyghere, Marius Van Altena, Josep Cabre – Paradisus Sacris Cantionibus	1989	Accent
18	Peter Philips, The Parley Of Instruments – Consort Music By Peter Philips	1988	Hyperion
19	Peter Philips, Emer Buckley – Pièces De Clavecin(CD, )	1988	Harmonia Mundi France
20	Dowland ∙ Philips ∙ Howett ∙ Holbourne ∙ Britten ∙ Beaser ∙ Paganini - Eliot Fisk – Dowland ∙ Philips ∙ Howett ∙ Holbourne ∙ Britten ∙ Beaser ∙ Paganini(LP, Album)	1986	His Master's Voice
21	Peter Philips - Anneke Uittenbosch – Harpsichord Music	1985	Etcetera (3)
22	Thomas Morley, William Byrd, Martin Peerson, Peter Philips, Giles Farnaby, John Bull, The Ambrosian Consort Director Denis Stevens Harpsichord Valda Aveling – Nine Canzonets And Music From The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book(LP, Album, Stereo)	1969	Musical Heritage Society
23	The Julian Bream Consort – An Evening Of Elizabethan Music	1964	RCA Victor
24	William Byrd, John Bull, Giles Farnaby, Peter Philips - Joseph Payne – Organ Masterpieces From The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book(LP, Stereo)	-	VOX (6)
25	Peter Philips, Paul Nicholson – Keyboard Music By Peter Philips(CD, )	-	Hyperion
26	Gallus, Zangius, Freundt, Schütz, Gesualdo, Philips, Sweelinck, Guerrero, Costeley, Alsfelder Vokalensemble, Wolfgang Helbich – Festliche Motetten Alter Meister(CD, )	-	Koch Schwann Musica Sacra