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capellmeister

capellmeister is the alternative form of kapellmeister.

Meaning of kapellmeister

Noun

kapellmeister (plural kapellmeisters)

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

Forms of capellmeister

pluralcapellmeisters

Questions about capellmeister

What is capellmeister the alternative form of?
Capellmeister is the alternative form of kapellmeister.

Words near capellmeister in the dictionary

  1. Capelli's identity
  2. capelline
  3. capellines
  4. capellini
  5. Capellis
  6. capellmeister
  7. capellmeisters
  8. Capello
  9. Capellos
  10. Capells
  11. capels

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