Simpson, Thomas 04/01/1582 - 08/01/1630

Thomas Simpson (1582-1630)was an instrumentalist at various German courts and (1622-5)at the Danish court in Copenhagen. One of the most important English instrumental composers working on the Continent, he published two volumes of dances (one also contains items by John Dowland, John Farmer and Thomas Tomkins) which helped to influence the development of the German suite.