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Definition of Bandmaster
1. Noun. The conductor of a band.
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
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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