Kapellmeister

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

noun

plural

Kapellmeister 

1. a choirmaster.

2. a conductor of an orchestra.

3. a bandmaster.

kapellmeister

/ kæˈpɛlˌmaɪstə /

noun

1. a variant spelling of capellmeister

Word History and Origins

Origin of Kapellmeister¹

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

Example Sentences

His grandfather, also named Ludwig van Beethoven, had been Bonn’s Kapellmeister — an important post that placed him in charge of music at the court.

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The once untouchable Kapellmeister began to suffer the kinds of reverses to which other composers had long been accustomed: the only opera that he completed in the four years after Joseph’s death went unperformed.

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Indeed, he’s even a bit old-fashioned and regularly praises the traditional role of the Kapellmeister in German churches and theaters.

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I cannot help it, for 210 I no more write to gain a name, than to obtain a Kapellmeister's place.

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Kapellmeister, k�-pel′mīs-ter, n. the director of an orchestra or choir, esp. the band of a ruling prince in Germany.

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