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Definition of Concertmaster
1. Noun. (music US) The first violin in a symphony orchestra; normally plays violin solos ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Concertmaster
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Concertmaster
Literary usage of Concertmaster
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American History and Encyclopedia of Music by Janet M. Green, Josephine Thrall (1908)
"In 1880 he was appointed concertmaster with Marat- zek at Cincinnati, later
serving as concertmaster with the McCall Opera Company of Philadelphia, ..."
2. Who's who in America by Marquis Who's Who, Inc (1903)
"In Nicolaus Rubinstein's Conservatory, Moscow; concertmaster Russian ...
returned to Hamburg, again becoming concertmaster Philharmonic Soc. and head ..."
3. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians: Being the Sixth Volume of the by Charles Newell Boyd, Waldo Selden Pratt (1920)
"In 1886 he was concertmaster at the Metropolitan Opera House and also concertmaster
and assistant-conductor of the Thomas Orchestra, remaining with the ..."
4. Music (1899)
"As concertmaster he makes the customary solo performance this season. Illustrating
the beautifully pliable texture of the Leipzig piano- istic atmosphere, ..."
5. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the by James Terry White (1910)
"Shortly afterward he became concertmaster of the famous ... He held the position
of concertmaster of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for eighteen years, ..."
6. The Violoncello and Its History by Wilhelm Joseph von Wasielewski, Isobella S. E. Stigand (1894)
"Schlick had a gifted pupil in JG HEMMERLEIN, born at Bamberg, who held the post
of concertmaster to the Elector Bishop of Fulda at the end of last century. ..."
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