from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
noun The leader of a choir or orchestra.
from The Century Dictionary.
noun The leader or conductor of a kapelle, or of any large musical establishment, involving, at least in central Europe, extensive duties of composition, training, accompaniment, and conducting.
noun The conductor of any band or orchestra. Sometimes translated chapel-master.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
noun (Mus.) See capellmeister.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[German : Kapell, choir (from Medieval Latin capella; see chapel) + Meister, master; see Meistersinger.]
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Examples
Choir-school brat made good, he became choirmaster of the Peterskirche in Munich, but musical old-fogyness on the part of his superiors led him to the Munich court; later Kapellmeister for the Württemburg court in Stuttgart.
The provincial Saxon Kapellmeister put everything he knew of musical brilliance into their design, borrowing from and enhancing his earlier compositions to impress the Prussian royalty at its Berlin capital.
The provincial Saxon Kapellmeister put everything he knew of musical brilliance into their design, borrowing from and enhancing his earlier compositions to impress the Prussian royalty at its Berlin capital.
Choir-school brat made good, he became choirmaster of the Peterskirche in Munich, but musical old-fogyness on the part of his superiors led him to the Munich court; later Kapellmeister for the Württemburg court in Stuttgart.
He held an office at Archduke Ferdinand's court before he succeeded Heinrich Finck as court Kapellmeister in the second half of 1527; his vice-Kapellmeisters were Stephan Mahu and Pieter Maessens.
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