Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word conductor's.

Examples

  • “A-one, a-two,” Gary snapped his fingers, shuffled to the conductor's stand, picked up his baton.

    Chameleon Andrew Clarke 2011

  • In his 1954 debut, "Beethoven's Fifth Symphony," Bernstein chats with the unseen TV audience in a studio whose floor is covered with a huge painting of the first page of the conductor's score of the symphony's first movement, walking from measure to measure to point out pertinent details with his foot.

    Turn On, Tune In, Get Serious Terry Teachout 2011

  • As the train approached he moved to a point where he would be certain to enter the conductor's car.

    Fear vic fortezza 2011

  • If you feel that the BSO lacks interpretive qualities then maybe you should consider the conductor's input.

    In the ballpark Matthew Guerrieri 2009

  • It'll be a good test, he told himself, dismissing the idea of transferring to the conductor's car at the next stop.

    Fear vic fortezza 2011

  • It would be foolish to sleep even in the conductor's car at this hour.

    Fear vic fortezza 2011

  • Buried among the 80-or-so players were a small group of cellos and a couple of basses, but there were erhus (two-stringed bowed instruments) instead of violins, plucked and strummed pipas and daruams to the conductor's right, two yanqins (hammered dulcimers) on center stage and, behind them, a whole phalanx of flutes, whistles and a brash, ear-splitting suona (a reed instrument with a brass bell).

    China Anhui Traditional Orchestra offers variety, energy 2011

  • Hoffmann/Patrick McMullan Randy Jones with Lucky Roosevelt After the final curtain, the party moved to the Mandarin Oriental for a benefit for the White Nights Foundation, which supports Mariinsky's ballet, opera and music in the U.S. Leo Tolstoy's classic was placed on every seat, vodka was passed in ice cubes and DJ Gabriel Prokofiev—the conductor's grandson—took to the turntables.

    Stars, Standing Ovations for 'Anna Karenina' Valentine Uhovski 2011

  • A young, long-haired man curled up in the two-seater beside the conductor's compartment, which was vacant.

    Fear vic fortezza 2011

  • We should probably remember that the extremely slow tempo in the Fleming version was probably the conductor's choice, not the Renee's.

    On differing interpretations of Andantino ingenuo Matthew Guerrieri 2009

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.