Kapellmeister

[ kah-pel-mahy-ster, kuh- ]

noun

, plural Ka·pell·meis·ter.

1. a choirmaster.
2. a conductor of an orchestra.
3. a bandmaster.

kapellmeister

/ kæˈpɛlˌmaɪstə /

noun

1. See capellmeister
   a variant spelling of capellmeister

Word History and Origins

Origin of Kapellmeister¹

From German, dating back to 1830–40; chapel, master

Example Sentences

My kapellmeister's life seems a dream, a thing of the past, my enthusiastic fondness for music a youthful folly!

From Project Gutenberg

This triumph was followed by Bach's appointment as Kapellmeister to the duke of Cthen, a post which he held from 1717 to 1723.

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On visiting Strassburg, after a sojourn in Italy, in the year 1789, he was made Kapellmeister of the cathedral.

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I should like a good post extremely, but nothing less than kapellmeister—and well paid.

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You are to have five hundred florins, and he expressed regret at not being able to make you kapellmeister at once.

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