CHAPELMASTER

Meaning of CHAPELMASTER in English

ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun

Etymology: translation of French maître de chapelle or German kapellmeister

: choirmaster

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

AFFECTIONS, DOCTRINE OF THE — also called Doctrine Of Affects, German Affektenlehre, theory of musical aesthetics, widely accepted by late Baroque theorists and composers, that …
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VINCI, LEONARDO — born 1690, Strongoli, Kingdom of Naples died May 27, 1730, Naples Italian composer who was prominent among the Neapolitan school …
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SOLER, ANTONIO — born Dec. 3, 1729, Olot, Spain died Dec. 20, 1783, Escorial Monastery, near Madrid most important composer of instrumental and …
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SCHUTZ, HEINRICH — born Oct. 8, 1585, Kstritz, Saxony died Nov. 6, 1672, Dresden Latin Heinricus Sagittarius composer, widely regarded as the greatest …
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SCHEIDT, SAMUEL — born 1587, Halle, Saxony died March 30, 1654, Halle organist and composer who, with Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, influenced the Baroque …
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PORPORA, NICOLA (ANTONIO GIACINTO) — born Aug. 17, 1686, Naples died March 3, 1768, Naples leading Italian teacher of singing of the 18th century and …
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PAER, FERDINANDO — born June 1, 1771, Parma, duchy of Parma died May 3, 1839, Paris, France Italian composer who, with Domenico Cimarosa …
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MUFFAT, GEORG — (baptized June 1, 1653, Megve, Savoy [now in France]d. Feb. 23, 1704, Passau, Bishopric of Passau [now in Germany]), composer …
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MOZART, (JOHANN GEORG) LEOPOLD — born Nov. 14, 1719, Augsburg died May 28, 1787, Salzburg, Archbishopric of Salzburg Austrian violinist, teacher, and composer, the father …
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MARTINI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA — born April 24, 1706, Bologna, Papal States died Oct. 4, 1784, Bologna byname Padre Martini Italian composer and music theorist …
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LESUEUR, JEAN-FRANOIS — born Feb. 15, 1760, Drucet-Plessiel, near Abbeville, Fr. died Oct. 6, 1837, Paris composer of religious and dramatic works who …
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LASSO, ORLANDO DI — born 1530/32, Mons, Spanish Hainaut died June 14, 1594, Munich Latin Orlandus Lassus, also called Roland De Lassus Flemish composer …
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KRIEGER, JOHANN PHILIPP — born Feb. 25, 1649, Nrnberg died Feb. 7, 1725, Weissenfels, Saxony German composer known especially for his church cantatas, fugues, …
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HUMMEL, JOHANN NEPOMUK — born Nov. 14, 1778, Pozsony, Hung. [now Bratislava, Slovakia] died Oct. 17, 1837, Weimar, Thuringia Austrian composer and outstanding virtuoso …
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GUERRERO, FRANCISCO — born , May, 1527, Seville, Spain died Nov. 8, 1599, Seville one of the leading Spanish composers of the 16th …
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GRAUPNER, CHRISTOPH — born Jan. 13, 1683, Kirchberg, Saxony died May 10, 1760, Darmstadt, Hesse-Darmstadt one of the principal German composers of the …
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GALUPPI, BALDASSARE — born Oct. 18, 1706, island of Burano, near Venice died Jan. 3, 1784, Venice byname Il Buranello Italian composer whose …
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FUX, JOHANN JOSEPH — born 1660, Hirtenfeld, Styria, Austria died Feb. 13, 1741, Vienna Austrian composer known for his theoretical work on counterpoint, Gradus …
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FETIS, FRANCOIS-JOSEPH — born March 25, 1784, Mons, Austrian Netherlands [now in Belgium] died March 26, 1871, Brussels, Belg. prolific scholar and pioneer …
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DURANTE, FRANCESCO — born March 31, 1684, Naples died Aug. 13, 1755, Naples Italian composer of religious and instrumental music who was especially …
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DAVID, FLICIEN-CSAR — born April 13, 1810, Cadenet, Fr. died Aug. 29, 1876, Saint-Germain-en-Laye composer whose music opened the door for the Oriental …
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CLARI, GIOVANNI CARLO MARIA — born Sept. 27, 1677, Pisa died May 16, 1754, Pisa Italian composer whose vocal music was admired by Luigi Cherubini, …
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CHARPENTIER, MARC-ANTOINE — born 1634, Paris, France died Feb. 24, 1704, Paris most important French composer of his generation and the outstanding French …
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CESTI, PIETRO ANTONIO — born Aug. 5, 1623, Arezzo, Tuscany died Oct. 14, 1669, Florence byname Marc' Antonio composer who, with Francesco Cavalli, was …
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BORDES, CHARLES — born May 12, 1863, Rochecorbon, near Vouvray, France died Nov. 8, 1909, Toulon French composer, choirmaster, and musicologist who was …
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BENDA, GEORG (ANTON) — Czech Jir Antonn Benda born June 30, 1722, Star Bentky, Bohemia [now in Czech Republic] died Nov. 6, 1795, Kstritz, …
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AUBER, DANIEL-FRANOIS-ESPRIT — born Jan. 29, 1782, Caen, Fr. died May 12, 1871, Paris composer who was prominent in the development of opera …
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ALBRECHTSBERGER, JOHANN GEORG — born Feb. 3, 1736, Klosterneuburg, near Vienna, Austrian Habsburg domain [now in Austria] died March 7, 1809, Vienna Austrian composer, …
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AGAZZARI, AGOSTINO — born Dec. 2, 1578, Siena died April 10, 1640, Siena Italian composer famous for his treatise, Del sonare sopra 'l …
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