Bandmaster

Obedient to a signal conveyed to the Bandmaster by a Marine waiter, the band in the flat outside came suddenly to a stop.

The Long Trick 1886-1967 Bartimeus 1926

When Bandmaster Fred Max asked him to play chess, he had to stop a moment and think why it was that game had such disagreeable associations for him.

VII. Book Four: The Voyage of the Anchises 1922

The drum master Fang-shu crossed the river; the tambourine master Wu crossed the Han; Yang, the assistant Bandmaster, and Hsiang, who played the sounding stones, crossed the sea.

XVIII 1909

'An' -- an 'if I don't go, Sir,' interrupted Lew, 'the Bandmaster' e says 'e'll catch an' make a bloo -- a blessed musician o 'me, Sir.

Soldier Stories Rudyard Kipling 1900

'If either of you comes to practice again with so much as a scratch on your two ugly little faces,' thundered the Bandmaster, 'I'll tell the

Soldier Stories Rudyard Kipling 1900

'There's nothing to prevent your becoming a Bandmaster, Lew,' said the Bandmaster, who had composed waltzes of his own, and worked day and night in the interests of the Band.

Soldier Stories Rudyard Kipling 1900

'' Said I might be a bloomin 'Bandmaster, an' be asked in to 'ave a glass o' sherry-wine on Mess-nights. '

Soldier Stories Rudyard Kipling 1900

Bandmaster of the 10th Hussars, the Princess and Lady Ampthill near.

From Edinburgh to India & Burmah 1900

'Accordin' to the Bandmaster, Sir, 'returned that revered official -- the only soul in the regiment whom the boys feared --' they do everything _but_ lie, Sir. '

Soldier Stories Rudyard Kipling 1900

'Oh, admonished -- admonished!' said the Colonel testily, and when the boys had gone he read the Bazar-Sergeant's son a lecture on the sin of unprofitable meddling, and gave orders that the Bandmaster should keep the Drums in better discipline.

Soldier Stories Rudyard Kipling 1900