Simpson, Christopher
(1605–1669)
CHRISTOPHER SIMPSONSIMPSON, CHRISTOPHERCHRISTOPHER SIMPSON [* ca. 1605-† 1669] The writings of Christopher Simpson display clarity, conciseness, and practicality. Simpson was addressing performing musicians, not waging campaigns against other treatise authors. His success in this enterprise is confirmed by the existence of numerous printings of his works, as well as by words of praise from his contemporaries and from modern commentators. The Division-Violist (1659) treats the mechanics of…