Christopher Simpson –D major Prelude

Posted on June 8th, 2019 by


Christopher Simpson (1602/1606–1669) –D major Prelude transposed an eighth higher for the violin from R Flexman’s copybook

Peter Sheppard Skærved – Violin (Anonymous Brescia circa 1560)

Recording courtesy of Colin Still (Optic Nerve)

Preludes & Vollenteries 20St Lawrence JewryThursday May 23rd 2019

Manuscript of the 17th century transcription
The original gamba score, in Simpson’s 1659 ‘The Division Viol’