capellmeister

• “In 1790 Haydn had been capellmeister at Esterhaz, the magnificent palace which Prince Nicolaus Esterhazy had created in imitation of”

  Among the Great Masters of Music Scenes in the Lives of Famous Musicians

• “Baron Kielmansegge, the common friend of both king and capellmeister, took occasion of a grand water-party, attended by the whole court, to engage Handel to compose some music expressly for this festivity, the result being the celebrated 'Water Music,' of which Handel secretly conducted the performance in a boat that followed the royal barge.”

  Among the Great Masters of Music Scenes in the Lives of Famous Musicians

• “Handel, whom the Elector of Hanover had made his capellmeister, first came to England in the autumn of 1710, having been granted a year's leave of absence by his royal patron.”

  Among the Great Masters of Music Scenes in the Lives of Famous Musicians

• “Haydn, being now his own master, went to live at Vienna, with his old friend Bamberger, and, declining an invitation to become capellmeister to Count Grassalcovics, was working with his usual industry when, one day, a visitor was announced.”

  Among the Great Masters of Music Scenes in the Lives of Famous Musicians

• “His son Emanuel had been capellmeister to Frederick since 1740, and the king had frequently, and always with more insistence, thrown out hints that he would like to hear the great artist.”

  Among the Great Masters of Music Scenes in the Lives of Famous Musicians

• “In 1759 he accepted the appointment of vice-capellmeister to Count Morzin, a Bohemian nobleman, who maintained an orchestra at his country-house.”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability

• “In 1761 he became vice-capellmeister at Eisenstadt, and in 1766 went as capellmeister with Prince Nicholaus to his new palace at Esterház.”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability

• “He reached Dresden August 26, heard Spohr's "Faust" and met capellmeister Morlacchi -- that same Morlacchi whom Wagner succeeded as a conductor January 10, 1843 -- vide Finck's "Wagner.”

  Chopin : the Man and His Music

• “You will now have to go through capellmeister agonies of the first quality; so I can imagine, and my opera is just the kind of thing for that to one who takes a loving interest in it.”

  Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt

• “In that case Tichatschek would be required for the principal part, and your most devoted capellmeister would, if you should think it necessary, take care of the rest on certain conditions.”

  Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt

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