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bandmaster - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
noun A bandleader, especially the conductor of a military, circus, or concert band.
from The Century Dictionary.
noun The leader or director of a band of music.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
noun The conductor of a musical band.
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
noun music the conductor of a musical ensemble, especially a brass or military band.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun the conductor of a band
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The bandmaster was a Scotchman -- a stiff-looking, elderly man.
The Young Buglers 1867
Lieutenant James Reese Europe, an early ragtime and jazz bandleader and composer, who served as regimental bandmaster .
A Memorial Day Celebration: The Harlem Hellfighters « 2010
There were also a number of black officers, among them James Europe, already a noted bandmaster , N.B. Marshall, a prominent attorney, and Vertner Tandy, a promising young architect, serving as lieutenants and captains.
June 12th, 2009 m_francis 2009
But the Little Flower might have known better how to wield a baton: His father was a bandmaster .
Mayor Maestro Will Pick Up a Baton Andrew Grossman 2011
His father, the bandmaster of the USS Oklahoma, was killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
James B. Booe, 83, dies; top Communications Workers union official 2010
He hired a young bandmaster from Harvard named Leroy Anderson to do some arrangements for the Pops, then commissioned him to write some new pieces.
America's Orchestra: The Boston Pops At 125 2010
He hired a young bandmaster from Harvard named Leroy Anderson to do some arrangements for the Pops, then commissioned him to write some new pieces.
America's Orchestra: The Boston Pops At 125 2010
Ironic that she's jumping ship because of out of tune bandmaster Herr Honicker Braun and his East German Wannabes.
Smoking Guns and the Morality of Parliamentary Privilege 2009
Arian is a popular Iranian music ensemble that emerged in 2001, composed of nine singers and musicians, being directed by Ali Pahlavan as the bandmaster and assisted by Payam Salehi, along with three female back vocalists, Sanaz and Sahar Kashmari, and Sharareh Farnejad.
Chris de Burgh to perform in Iran 2008
Later he became bandmaster of the Consular Guard and then of the Grenadier Regiment of Foot of the Imperial Guard.
Drummers Fifers and Music of the Kings Guard de Brantigny........................ 2008
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