Gottfried Finger

Gottfried Finger (c. 1655-56 – 31 August 1730), also Godfrey Finger, was a Moravian-German Baroque ''Kapellmeister'' and 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 may have worked together in England.

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. He died in Mannheim. Provided by Wikipedia