Thomas Simpson (composer)
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Thomas Simpson was an English composer who worked in Germany. Simpson, a generation younger than William Brade
is first heard of at Heidelberg in 1608.
William Brade
William Brade was an English composer, violinist, and viol player of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras, mainly active in northern Germany. He was the first Englishman to write a canzona, an Italian form, and probably the first to write a piece for solo violin.-Biography:Little is known...
is first heard of at Heidelberg in 1608.