Philip Van Wilder

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Philip van Wilder, (Weldre, Welder, Wylder, Wyllender, de Vuildre, Wild, Wildroe) (c. 1500 near Wormhout – Feb 24 1554, London[1]) was a South Netherlandish lutenist and composer, active in England. Like Peter van Wilder, who also worked in the Tudor court and was presumably related to him, Philip was probably born in Millam, near Wormhout, or in the nearby village of Wylder ("Wilder" in Dutch). A note in Italian in the Jacobean scorebook anthology GB-Lbl Egerton 3665 describes him as ‘Master Philip of Flanders, musician to King Henry VIII, who lived in England around the year 1520’. He was certainly in London by 1522, living in the parish of St Olave's Hart Street (close to the Tower of London) and having £60 ‘in goodes’ and £48 ‘in fees’. The court account books for the year 1525-6 describe him as ‘mynstrell’; he was later designated ‘lewter’. Van Wilder steadily advanced his position at the Tudor court. By 1529 he was a member of the Privy chamber, the select group of musicians who played to the king in private. He was also active as a merchant, being given a licence to import Toulouse woad and Gascon wine, and in purchasing instruments for the court. He taught the lute to Princess (later Queen) Mary, who rewarded him with a gift on the occasion of his marriage to a woman named Frances in 1537. Later he also taught Prince Edward (later Edward VI), who wrote a letter to his father in 1546 thanking him for ‘sending me your servant Philip, as excellent in music as he is nobl

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Soundtrack to The Tudors

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The Royal Lewters - Music Of Henry VIII And Elizabeth I's Favourite Lutenists

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Henry VIII: Heads & Hearts - Music at Hampton Court Palace

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Birds on fire - Jewish Music for Viols

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Queen Mary's Big Belly: Hope for an Heir in Catholic England

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Chansons Et Danceries

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All The King's Men - Henry VIII & The Princes of the Renaissance

Philip van Wilder: Complete Sacred Music & Chansons

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Recorders Greate and Smale

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Pastyme with Good Companye - I Fagiolini & The Forbury Consort

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Au pres de vous

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A Watchful Gaze

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