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Ka·pell·meis·ter (kä pel′mīs′tər)

noun pl. Kapellmeister -·ter

the conductor of a choir or orchestra

Etymology: Ger, lit., choir master < kapelle, choir < It capella, a company of musicians (orig. chapel, hence the choir or orchestra in a court chapel) + Ger meister, a master

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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