Martin Peerson

As an organist and virginalist quite active in London, Peerson's musical compositions are informed by keyboard methods and idiosyncrasies. He wrote instrumental and vocal music but the import of his works are the experimental procedures he attempted including dissonances, and unusual chord progressions, preparations and harmonies. Formal structures at the hand of Peerson were also pushed to the limits of late sixteenth and early seventeenth century music. Peerson can be appreciated for his contributions found in his two books of secular vocal pieces where he synthesizes six vo...