Dietrich Steffkins

Dietrich Steffkins (born after 1600; died probably in December 1673 in Cologne), also Dietrich Stoeffken, was a German viol player and composer. There are no sources about his early years. He was forced to seek employment at various European courts by the effects of the Thirty Years' War , which led to the downsizing or closure of many court chapels. In 1622 he played under the direction of William Brade in a gamba consort at the Danish royal court of Christian IV.