Composer | Finger, Gottfried (1655 - 1730) | ||
Instrumentation | Flute and String Quartet | ||
Style | Baroque | ||
Key : | C major | ||
Arranger Publisher | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL (1960 - ) | ||
Copyright | Public Domain | ||
Added by magataganm, 10 Jul 2020
Gottfried Finger (ca.1655-6 – August 1730), also
Godfrey Finger, was a Moravian Baroque composer. He was
also a virtuoso on the viol, and many of his
compositions were for the instrument. He also wrote
operas. Finger was born in Olomouc, modern-day Czech
Republic, and worked for the court of James II of
England before becoming a freelance composer. The fact
that Finger owned a copy of the musical score of the
work Chelys by the Flemish composer Carolus Hacquart
suggests that the two composers ...(+)
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