kapellmeister
See also: Kapellmeister
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from German Kapellmeister.
Noun
[edit]kapellmeister (plural kapellmeisters)
- (music) A leader or conductor of a musical group such as an orchestra.
- Synonyms: conductor, bandmaster
- (music, historical) Person in charge of music at a noble court during the baroque and classical period.
- 2014, Sterling E. Murray, The Career of an Eighteenth-Century Kapellmeister: The Life and Music of Antonio Rosetti, Boydell & Brewer, →ISBN, page 41:
- The daily routine of the Hofkapelle was normally entrusted to the Kapellmeister. This was the most important musical position at court.