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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. .

Johann Gottfried Piefke (September 9, 1817 – January 25, 1884) was a German conductor, Kapellmeister and composer of military music. Piefke was born in Schwerin an der Warthe in the Grand Duchy of Posen. His famous marches include "Preußens Gloria" ("Prussia's Glory") and the "Königgrätzer Marsch" (composed after the Battle of Königgratz, 1866, the decisive battle of the Austro-Prussian War). He died in Frankfurt (Oder) .

Gottfried Huppertz (* March 11, 1887 in Cologne, † February 7, 1937 in Berlin) was a German composer, singer, actor and conductor. He wrote the score for Fritz Lang's "Metropolis". Gottfried Huppertz was born in Köln, Germany on March 11, 1887. There He studied music in a conservatory, and in 1905 wrote his first composition, a song titled "Rankende Rosen" (Tendrillar Roses), which he dedicated to his childhood friend Rudolf Klein-Rogge. Huppertz, around 1918 Gottfried Huppertz in Fritz Lang's Dr. MabuseDuring WWI Huppertz worked as an opera singer and theater actor in Coburg, Freiburg and Breslau, and also wrote some...