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Definition of Bandleader
1. Noun. The leader of a dance band.
Specialized synonyms: Benjamin David Goodman, Benny Goodman, Goodman, King Of Swing, Herman, Woodrow Charles Herman, Woody Herman, Alton Glenn Miller, Glenn Miller, Miller, Arthur Jacob Arshawsky, Artie Shaw, Shaw
Definition of Bandleader
1. Noun. A musician who leads a band of musicians. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bandleader
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bandleader
Literary usage of Bandleader
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Departure from the Script: A Novel by Rochelle Hollander Schwab (2002)
""Tamara and I talked to the Capitol Klezmers bandleader the other week, and they're a
... "But music is almost as important, Mom. Like the bandleader said, ..."
2. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians: Being the Sixth Volume of the by Charles Newell Boyd, Waldo Selden Pratt (1920)
"In 1915-19 he was director of music at Dartmouth College, with leave of absence
for service as bandleader with the 73rd Artillery, AEF, in France. ..."
3. Collections by Minisink Valley Historical Society, Connecticut Historical Society (1852)
"... or bandleader, should guide men by the plain and open way of the Scriptures,
as is the way of the Lord in them laid down, open and plain as the king's ..."
4. New Star Papers: Or, Views and Experiences of Religious Subjects by Henry Ward Beecher (1859)
"a choir-leader, a bandleader. Now as the charge of these enormous choral exhibitions,
in which scenic effects were added to the utmost wealth of music, ..."
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