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Meaning of "capellmeister" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CAPELLMEISTER

From German, from Kapelle chapel + Meistermaster.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CAPELLMEISTER

capellmeister  [kæˈpɛlˌmaɪstə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CAPELLMEISTER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Capellmeister is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CAPELLMEISTER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Kapellmeister

Kapellmeister is a German word designating a person in charge of music-making. The word is a compound, consisting of the roots Kapelle and Meister. Thus, the word was originally used to refer to somebody in charge of music in a chapel. However, the term has evolved considerably in its meaning in response to changes in the musical profession. Equivalent terms in other European languages: maestro di cappella, maître de chapelle, chapel master, kapellmästare, kapelmeester, kapellimestari, mestre de capela, and maestro de capilla.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CAPELLMEISTER


concertmeister
ˈkɒnsətˌmaɪstə
dyester
ˈdaɪstə
forester
ˈfɒrɪstə
heister
ˈhaɪstə
kapellmeister
kæˈpɛlˌmaɪstə
lister
ˈlɪstə
manchester
ˈmæntʃɪstə
minister
ˈmɪnɪstə
mister
ˈmɪstə
Mr
ˈmɪstə
oyster
ˈɔɪstə
register
ˈrɛdʒɪstə
Rochester
ˈrɒtʃɪstə
shyster
ˈʃaɪstə
sister
ˈsɪstə
spinmeister
ˈspɪnˌmaɪstə
transistor
trænˈzɪstə
twister
ˈtwɪstə
vista
ˈvɪstə
winchester
ˈwɪntʃɪstə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CAPELLMEISTER

caped
capelet
capelin
capeline
Capella
capellet
capellini
Capello
Capello Index
caper
caper sauce
capercaillie
capercailzie
caperer
Capernaum
capernoited
capernoitie
capers
capeskin

WORDS THAT END LIKE CAPELLMEISTER

administer
assister
at-risk register
Bannister
barrister
blister
canister
cash register
demister
deputy minister
faster
finance minister
foreign minister
glister
health minister
kid sister
klister
magister
prime minister
real-estate register
sinister

Synonyms and antonyms of capellmeister in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «capellmeister» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CAPELLMEISTER

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The translations of capellmeister from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «capellmeister» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

capellmeister
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

capellmeister
570 millions of speakers

English

capellmeister
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

capellmeister
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

capellmeister
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

capellmeister
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Capellmeister
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

capellmeister
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

maître de chapelle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Capellmeister
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kapellmeister
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

capellmeister
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

capellmeister
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Capellmeister
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

capellmeister
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

capellmeister
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कॅपेलमेस्टर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

capellmeister
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Capellmeister
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

capellmeister
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

capellmeister
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

capellmeister
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

capellmeister
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

capellmeister
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

capellmeister
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

capellmeister
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of capellmeister

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CAPELLMEISTER»

The term «capellmeister» is used very little and occupies the 177.761 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CAPELLMEISTER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about capellmeister

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CAPELLMEISTER»

Discover the use of capellmeister in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to capellmeister and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Theories of Fugue from the Age of Josquin to the Age of Bach
Mattheson, Capellmeister, 372; Mattheson, Capellmeister, trans. Harriss, 704. 134. Mattheson used the system of tablature notation, according to which all chromatic notes except B flat are always indicated, regardless of context, as sharps.
Paul Walker, 2000
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Bach: Essays on His Life and Music
It would have been most unlikely that Leopold would have informed his capellmeister about financial troubles of the court. Also, the sovereign himself would hardly have blamed his wife for his own alleged "declining interest" in music. It seems ...
Christoph Wolff, 1991
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About Bach
Bach and Asaph as Capellmeisters Other annotations in the Calov Bible suggest that Bach identified strongly with King David's Capellmeister, Asaph, and the two other leading Levite musicians, Heman and Jeduthun. First Chronicles 2 5, ...
George Stauffer, Gregory Butler, 2008
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Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician
7. ^Putsuing. "tht. ^Musical. Contttt. fot. Supttiotisy". CAPELLMEISTER. IN. COTHEN,. 1717-1723. PRINCELY PATRONAGE It seems a cutious coincidence that Bach, tight befote settling in Cothen, spent a few days in Leipzig, whete he would ...
Christoph Wolff, 2002
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Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician
45 The idea was to bring Bach's benefits and extra pay in line with those of the capellmeister and vice-capellmeister (the remaining in-kind differences were immaterial), increasing his total compensation beyond that of everyone else in the ...
Christoph Wolff, 2001
6
New Mattheson Studies
52 Ibid., 26-7, ebenso im Capellmeister, 94. 53 Cf. dazu H. Schneider, Rezeption der Opern Lullys, 157ss. 54 Capellmeister, 86. 55 Capellmeister, 87. 56 Im Capellmeister, 92, als "gewöhnliche und gebrauchliche Tantz-Kunst" der Bälle, ...
George J. Buelow, Hans Joachim Marx, 1983
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Haydn
FORM OF AGREEMENT AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE VICE- CAPELLMEISTER " This day (according to the date hereto appended) Joseph Heyden [sic] native of Rohrau, in Austria, is accepted and appointed Vice- Capellmeister in the ...
James Cuthbert Hadden, Eric Blom, 1902
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Joseph Haydn
"This day (according to the date hereto appended) Joseph Heyden, native of Rohrau in Austria, is accepted and appointed Vice-Capellmeister in the service of his Serene Highness Paul Anton, Prince of the Holy Eoman Empire, of Esterhazy  ...
Pauline D. Townsend, 1884
9
Music in the Western World
Specifically with regard to Haydn's career it may be noted, first, that he succeeded to the title of a full Capellmeister (music director) upon the death of his predecessor in 1766, and, second, that he soon must have obtained a release from the ...
Piero Weiss, Richard Taruskin, 2007
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Canons and Canonic Techniques, 14th-16th Centuries: Theory, ...
Indeed, two examples given are for purely polemical reasons, and these are downright vile.37 Another context paints a different picture. In the Vollkommene Capellmeister (1739) Mattheson was concerned with different problems from those of ...
Katelijne Schiltz, Bonnie J. Blackburn, 2007

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CAPELLMEISTER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term capellmeister is used in the context of the following news items.
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Did Bach Write Sacred & Secular Music?
To make a living, a composer worked for a titled patron as capellmeister -- the conductor, composer and music director of the patron's orchestra -- or as the ... «Opposing Views, Mar 13»
2
Classical CDs Weekly: Bach, Berlioz, Michala Petri
Prince Leopold was Bach's patron in the small town of Cöthen, where the young composer arrived to take up the post of Capellmeister in 1717. «The Arts Desk, Feb 12»
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Alchemy and Counterpoint
This is presumably the resolution that Mattheson published a dozen years later in his magisterial treatise, The Complete Capellmeister. «CounterPunch, Aug 11»

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