Gottfried Finger

Finger was born in Olomouc, modern-day Czech Republic, and worked for the court of James II of England before becoming a freelance composer.

[2] After a contest in London to set William Congreve's The Judgement of Paris as an opera, in which Finger came in fourth place, he left England and moved to Germany.

Frontispiece to Fingers Sonatae XII pro diversis instrumentis, Simon Gribelin, ca.

for various instruments, three parts for violin & viola di gamba, three more for II violins & viola di basso, three consecutives for III violins, a reliquary for II violins & viola, all in continuo for organ and harp…, Opus 1, (Amsterdam, Estienne Roger around 1690) Six Sonatas of two parts for two flutes…, Opus 2, (London, John Walsh & Joseph Hare around 1688) Six sonatas à 2 flutes & 1 basse continue…, Opus 4, (Amsterdam, Estienne Roger around 1690) 10 Sonatas for three, two violins and cello or basso continuo, Opus 5, (Amsterdam, Estienne Roger around 1690) 7 sonatas for trumpet, oboe, bass and B.c.

Overture to the serenade The Fifth Element (Heidelberg, 1718) Opera; The Victory of Beauty over the Heroes (with Jean-Baptiste Volumier and Augustin Reinhard Stricker) (Berlin, 1706, lost) Opera; Roxane and Alexander's Wedding (Berlin, 1708, lost) Commons: Gottfried Finger – Sammlung von Bildern, Videos und Audiodateien