Definitions
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- noun (Mus.) The head violinist or leader of the strings in an orchestra; the sub-leader of the orchestra; concert master.
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- noun
concertmaster
Etymologies
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Examples
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Then the concertmeister, sitting below, gave an audible murmur; and, together, the violins and the woodwinds began the first, long-drawn-out notes of the introduction.
The Genius Margaret Horton Potter
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Michael, who had been appointed director and concertmeister to
Story-Lives of Great Musicians Francis Jameson Rowbotham
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The orchestra will get through; for the concertmeister -- Gruening, you know, can manage alone, perfectly.
The Genius Margaret Horton Potter
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Sigismund, moreover, showed his appreciation of Mozart's genius by making him his concertmeister, though no salary was attached to the appointment.
Story-Lives of Great Musicians Francis Jameson Rowbotham
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In 1768 he was again in Vienna, where he produced his little operetta, "Bastien und Bastienne," and in the same year the Archbishop of Salzburg made him his concertmeister.
The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers 1876
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The most important of the early positions which Bach held was that of director of chamber music, and organist to the Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and here, after seven years 'service, he was made chief concertmeister.
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The musicians, in order to keep together, agreed at length to follow the slight indications of time which the concertmeister (first violin-player) gave them; and not to attend to
The Orchestral Conductor Theory of His Art Hector Berlioz 1836
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He gets a little assist from concertmeister David Broida.www. brynmawrtwilightconcerts.com
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He gets a little assist from concertmeister David Broida.www. brynmawrtwilightconcerts.com
WN.com - Articles related to Japan supertanker probe reveals smashed hull 2010
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He gets a little assist from concertmeister David Broida.www. brynmawrtwilightconcerts.com
WN.com - Articles related to Japan supertanker probe reveals smashed hull 2010
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