Introduction

Biography

Schop be­came a mem­ber of the Roy­al Da­nish Court mu­si­cians in Co­pen­ha­gen, and, in 1621, lead­er of the Rats­mu­sik (mu­ni­ci­pal mu­si­cians) group in Ham­burg, Ger­ma­ny. He was a well known vio­lin­ist in ad­dit­ion to his com­po­si­tions.