Gottfried Finger's lyrics & chords

Gottfried Finger (c.1660 –1730), also Godfrey Finger, was a Moravian Baroque composer Many of his compositions were for the viol; he also wrote operas. 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 fourth, he left England and moved to Germany. He died in Mannheim, and was buried on 31st August 1730. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under t...read more