Definition of Bandmaster

1. Noun. The conductor of a band.

Generic synonyms: Conductor, Director, Music Director
Specialized synonyms: John Philip Sousa, March King, Sousa

Definition of Bandmaster

1. n. The conductor of a musical band.

Definition of Bandmaster

1. Noun. (music) the conductor of a musical ensemble, especially a brass or military band. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bandmaster

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bandmaster

bandits
banditti
bandittis
bandkini
bandkinis
bandle
bandleader
bandleaders
bandleading
bandles
bandless
bandlet
bandlets
bandlike
bandlimited
bandmaster (current term)
bandmasters
bandmate
bandmates
bandmember
bandmembers
bandog
bandogs
bandoleer
bandoleers
bandolero
bandoleros
bandolier
bandoliers
bandoline

Literary usage of Bandmaster

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Wind-band and Its Instruments: Their History, Construction, Acoustics by Arthur A. Clappé (1911)
"Lacking this high essential, it matters not how profound a bandmaster's learning may be, how painstaking his teaching, how exacting his methods in the ..."

2. Marotz by John Ayscough (1908)
"Through them all one felt the quivering of the one violin in the weird hands of the Imperial and Royal Court bandmaster himself. He was a strange black, ..."

3. First Report of the Committee on Civil Service of the Senate of the State of by Clinton T. Horton (1916)
"bandmaster — $300, $3GO, $420, $480. These additional salary rates to be designated for the above extraneous duties should be conditional upon appraisal ..."

4. Talks with Great Workers by Orison Swett Marden (1901)
"AMERICA'S GREAT bandmaster — SOUSA: HIS TIRELESS ENERGY. ... "When I was a youngster of twelve," said the bandmaster, " I could play the violin fairly well. ..."

5. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1875)
"It was really not the interest of the bandmaster to educate his men in mn- sic, beyond accustoming them to play, и certain number of pieces with great ..."

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