WILKINSON (WYLKYNSON), ROBERT, Englisi composer of church music of the 15th and early 16th centuries Great interest attaches to the f our works by him found it an early 16th century ms. in Eton College library. These are: two Salve Reginas for 9 and 5 voices respectively an imperfect 0 Virgo prudentissima, and a marvellous 13-part canon, which is a setting of the Apostle's Creed preceded by the words Jest autem transiens, which serve as a title. Each of the 13 parts
assigned to an apostle (by name) and the key to the canon i: supplied by a Latin note. This impersonation of individual part: would seem to have been a favourite device with him, for in the 9-part Salve the voices represent the various angelic hierarchies See Grove, Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. iii.