Meanings
nounkapellmeister (plural kapellmeisters)
plural kapellmeisters
- entertainmentA leader or conductor of a musical group such as an orchestra.
Synonyms: conductor, bandmaster
- historicalentertainmentPerson in charge of music at a noble court during the baroque and classical period.
The daily routine of the Hofkapelle was normally entrusted to the Kapellmeister. This was the most important musical position at court.
2014, Sterling E. Murray, The Career of an Eighteenth-Century Kapellmeister: The Life and Music of Antonio Rosetti, Boydell & Brewer, →ISBN, page 41
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA leader or conductor of a musical group such as an orchestra.
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Origin
- GermanKapellmeister
- GermanKapellmeister
- Englishkapellmeister
Borrowed from German Kapellmeister.
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Chicago
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