This motet is like many from this period, it was a verbal retaliation against the barbaric cruelty against Catholics in Elizabethan England. In 1585 Philips left Rome and travelled throughout Europe eventually settling in Antwerp, where he married and "mainteyned himself by teaching of children of the virginals being very cunning thereon." In 1593 he was taken to the Hague for interrogation on suspicion of plotting against Queen Elizabeth.
Four years later he became a member of the household of Archduke Albert, the regent of the Spanish Netherlands. Thus in the final part of his career he illustrates quite literally the charge, made in 1630, that "Though all our Recussants be the King of Englands subjects, yet too many of them be the King of Spaines servants."
@FuturisticShawti yes it is, even though you probably found the answer already.
allstaralex09 1 year ago
@AmpToonNetwork
Studying for 1F10 sucks. :c
LolRomantics 1 year ago
Two-voice organum in the style of Pérotin
AmpToonNetwork 2 years ago
LOL, I'm in Intro to Music 110.
AmpToonNetwork 2 years ago 2
Do you have intro to music too?
andresblazeit420 2 years ago
is this a organum piece ?
FuturisticShawti 2 years ago
Peter Phillips was one of the greatest keyboard virtuosos of his time..Thanks for sharing ! !
pipistrello64 2 years ago
A relaxing and enlightening piece, enhanced by translation.
handyman109 3 years ago