kapellmeister

See also: Kapellmeister

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kapellmeister.

Noun

kapellmeister (plural kapellmeisters)

1. (music) A leader or conductor of a musical group such as an orchestra.

   Synonyms: conductor, bandmaster

2. (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.