The Keyboard Music of Peter Philips
THE KEYBOARD MUSIC OF PETER PHILIPS Bradley J. Bennight, B.M., M.M. Dissertation Prepared for the Degree of DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS August 2010 APPROVED: Lenora McCroskey, Major Professor Lyle Nordstrom, Minor Professor Graham H. Phipps, Committee Member and Director of Graduate Studies Jesse Eschbach, Chair, Division of Keyboard Studies James C. Scott, Dean of the College of Music James D. Meernik, Acting Dean of the Robert B. Toulouse School of Graduate Studies Bennight, Bradley J. The Keyboard Music of Peter Philips. Doctor of Musical Arts (Performance), August 2010, 66 pp., 37 musical examples, 4 illustrations, 3 appendices, references, 25 titles. The keyboard works of the English virginalist Peter Philips have been little studied in comparison with his more famous contemporaries, William Byrd, John Bull and Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck. While Philips left comparatively fewer keyboard works than these composers, his music contains very unique attributes. This study compiles the latest research of Philips’ life as well as an analysis of representative works showing many of the individual and uncommon features to be found in Philips’ works for keyboard. Pieces from all genres of Philips’ keyboard output are represented and discussed, including Pavanes and Galliards, Fantasias and Intabulations of madrigals. Musical examples of each of these works are provided. A description of the instruments needed for the performance of the music and an illustration of the rare type of keyboard instrument required in the Pavana and Galliarda Dolorosa is included. A discussion of Philips’ style, particularly regarding ornamentation, is included with a comparison to the works of his contemporaries.
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