Kapellmeister
Americannoun
PLURAL
Kapellmeister-
a choirmaster.
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a conductor of an orchestra.
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a bandmaster.
noun
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Origin of Kapellmeister
Example Sentences
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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.
From New York Times
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.
From The New Yorker
Indeed, he’s even a bit old-fashioned and regularly praises the traditional role of the Kapellmeister in German churches and theaters.
From New York Times
I cannot help it, for 210 I no more write to gain a name, than to obtain a Kapellmeister's place.
From Project Gutenberg
Kapellmeister, k�-pel′mīs-ter, n. the director of an orchestra or choir, esp. the band of a ruling prince in Germany.
From Project Gutenberg
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