Composers: Gottfried Finger
Compositions: Music for European Courts and Concerts
Performers: The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen, Robert Rawson
Catalogue Number: Ramée RAM1802
Stravinsky may be the exception that proves the rule, but history has never been kind to musical nomads. Had Gottfried Finger (c1655-1730) stayed in his Moravian homeland or remained in England where he was once a fixture on the London cultural scene, he might have been owned and celebrated by one country or another. As it was, his wanderings left him momentarily adored by one and all, yet ultimately remembered by none.
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