Gottfried Finger
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Gottfried Finger (1655?-August 31, 1730), also Godfrey Finger, was a Moravian Baroque composer. Much of his compositions were for the viol and opera. He was born in Olomouc, modern-day Czech Republic and worked for the court of James II of England before becoming a freelance composer.
After a contest in London to set "The Judgement of Paris" as opera, in which Finger came in fourth, he left England and moved to Germany. He died in Mannheim.
[edit] External links
- Free scores by Gottfried Finger in the Werner Icking Music Archive (WIMA)
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