noun
definition
The conductor of a musical ensemble, especially a brass or military band.
Examples of bandmaster in a Sentence
In time he would be appointed bandmaster, a post he held from 1935 until his death in November 1985.
Mr Franklin was the first bandmaster, he being relieved in 1862 by Mr Courtney.
Though Meyerbeer wrote much that is intrinsically more dull and vulgar than the overture to Rienzi, he never combined such serious efforts with a technique so like that of a military bandmaster.
The word, which was probably derived from some Greek bandmaster, was presumably an instruction for a musical interlude.
Nathaniel Stenton aged 74 (late bandmaster) dearly loved husband of Esther Stenton Interred Jarrow cemetery on Thursday at 3.30.
Newark's representatives were coached by Eric Ball and conducted by their own bandmaster Mr David Aspinall.
The new bandmaster was WOI F Short, who had been serving with The Royal Leicestershire Regiment.
A former army bandmaster, he has often wielded the baton at Jedburgh.
As they lifted and shifted, the Bandmaster knocked over Les's trombone stand rendering the brand new hooter somewhat useless.
Having completed the Bandmaster's course of 1991 he was promoted to Band Sergeant and awarded a licentiate of the Royal Schools of Music.