Tinkler, Sailor, Composer, Spy? The Peter Philips Story

Published: Oct. 3, 2011, 8 a.m.

In 1593 one of the great Tudor composers of keyboard music and vocal polyphony, Peter Philips found himself imprisoned in the Hague under allegations of being involved in a plot to kill Queen Elizabeth. In the composer's 450th anniversary year, Lucie Skeaping explores his life and work, and speculates on the allegations against him.