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.

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