Definitions

1. Kapellmeister (pronounced [kəˈpɛlˌmaɪstər]) is a German word designating a person in charge of music-making.
2. Becoming a Kapellmeister was a mark of success for professional musicians of this time.

Vice-Kapellmeister

1. As a vice-Kapellmeister and later Kapellmeister, his output expanded: he composed over forty symphonies in the 1760s alone.

Role

1. Until today his importance has seemed to lie in his role of Court Kapellmeister rather than in his creative work. (Web site)

Time

1. As the Austrian imperial Kapellmeister from 1788 to 1824, he was one of the most important and famous musicians of his time.

Years

1. The disbanding of the orchestra in the difficult years of the War of the Polish Succession led to Molter's appointment as Kapellmeister at Eisenach. (Web site)

Venice

1. Back to Venice in 1784, he succeeded Baldassare Galuppi in 1785 as Kapellmeister of San Marco and preserved this position until his retirement in 1808. (Web site)

Beethoven

1. In the fall of 1808, Beethoven was offered a position as Kapellmeister at the court of Jerome Bonaparte, the king of Westphalia, which he accepted.

Joseph Haydn

1. Joseph Haydn worked for many years as Kapellmeister for the Eszterházy family, a high-ranking noble family of the Austrian Empire.

Frankfurt Am Main

1. Herbst became Kapellmeister at Butzbach in 1614, at Darmstadt in 1618, and at Frankfurt am Main in 1623. (Web site)

Death

1. On Gassmann's death in 1774, he became Kapellmeister and, on the death of Bonno in 1788, Hofkapellmeister. (Web site)
2. After the death of the previous Kapellmeister (Ludwig van Beethoven senior, i.e. (Web site)

Court Organist

1. On his return to Halle he became court organist, and later Kapellmeister, to the Margrave of Brandenburg. (Web site)

Hamburg

1. Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 – 1767) served as Kapellmeister for 16 years, starting in 1705, for the court of Count Erdmann II in Hamburg.
2. From 1912 he was again Kapellmeister in Hamburg, but resigned in 1914 and went to Darmstadt as general music director. (Web site)

Telemann

1. Telemann left Leipzig in 1705 to become Kapellmeister for the court of Count Erdmann II in Sorau (now Zary, Poland). (Web site)

Salzburg

1. Michael Haydn (1737 – 1806) was Kapellmeister at Großwardein and, starting in 1762, at Salzburg.

Passau

1. Georg Muffat (1653 - 1704) was Kapellmeister to the bishop of Passau from 1690 to his death.

Music

1. A Kapellmeister might also be the director of music for a church.
2. He was deputy kapellmeister to the court orchestra of the Archbishop of Salzburg, and a prolific and successful composer of instrumental music.
3. As the Austrian imperial Kapellmeister from 1788 to 1824, he was responsible for music at the court chapel and attached school. (Web site)

Weimar

1. When Liszt gained a position as kapellmeister in Weimar, he hired Raff as an assistant. (Web site)
2. Liszt knew many of the famous operas of the day intimately having conducted many of them in his role as Kapellmeister at Weimar. (Web site)

Court

1. Son of an organist, he showed outstanding musical abilities at an early age, and was taught by Giovanni Valentini, court Kapellmeister at Vienna. (Web site)
2. In 1867, Bruch became Court Kapellmeister in Sonderhausen, remaining at that post until 1870. (Web site)
3. Much of Johann Sebastian Bach's instrumental music was written during the happy period he spent as court Kapellmeister in Cothen. (Web site)

Dresden

1. In Dresden, Zelenka initially assisted the Kapellmeister, Johann David Heinichen, and gradually assumed Heinichen's duties as his health declined. (Web site)

Vienna

1. In 1899, Zemlinsky secured the post of Kapellmeister at the Cartheater in Vienna.
2. Zemlinsky served as Kapellmeister at the Carltheater in Vienna from 1899 until his appointment as Kapellmeister at the Volksoper in 1906.
3. Thus, Georg Reutter was the Kapellmeister at St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, where his young choristers included both Joseph and Michael Haydn.

Hummel

1. In May, 1811, Hummel was dismissed as Kapellmeister in a controversy and returned to Vienna to focus on composition. (Web site)
2. Hummel was at the time the Kapellmeister, having been appointed Haydn's successor to the Esterhazy court.

Hanover

1. Agostino Steffani (1653 - 1728) was Kapellmeister from 1688 to 1698 at the court of Hanover.

Composer

1. All through these few years he was already Kapellmeister, a post encompassing the various tasks of organist, choir master and composer.
2. Even more Italianate are the Psalmen Davids (1619), published after the composer became kapellmeister to Johann Georg, Elector of Saxony, in Dresden. (Web site)
3. December 1731 - Frankfurt am Main, January, 20, 1798), was a German violinist, composer, and Kapellmeister of the Classical era. (Web site)

Italian Opera

1. Initially an opera singer, he became Kapellmeister of the Italian Opera at Potsdam in 1796 and of the Prague National Theatre in 1799. (Web site)
2. On Gassmann's death, Salieri became composer and conductor of the Italian opera at the imperial court, and later court kapellmeister (1788). (Web site)

Court Composer

1. From 1774 he was court composer and conductor of the Italian opera, serving as court Kapellmeister from 1788 until 1824. (Web site)

Elector

1. Beethoven's grandfather was employed as a bass singer at the court of the Elector of Cologne, rising to become Kapellmeister (music director).
2. Connections he had made in Venice, brought appointment in 1710 as Kapellmeister to the Elector of Hanover.
3. Handel left Italy early in 1710 and went to Hanover, where he was appointed Kapellmeister to the Elector, George Louis. (Web site)

Haydn

1. In 1804, Hummel succeeded Haydn as Kapellmeister to Prince Esterházy's establishment at Eisenstadt. (Web site)
2. When the old Kapellmeister, Gregor Werner, died in 1766, Haydn was elevated to full Kapellmeister. (Web site)

Salieri

1. Joseph died shortly afterwards, but Mozart's hope of being appointed by Leopold II Kapellmeister in place of Salieri was not fulfilled.
2. After the death of the Emperor, Salieri was reappointed Kapellmeister, and Cimarosa was released. (Web site)
3. Subsequently, Leopold II of Austria engaged him as court Kapellmeister in Vienna, to fill the position vacated by Salieri. (Web site)

Bach

1. Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen hired Bach to serve as his Kapellmeister (director of music). (Web site)
2. Owing to politics between the Duke and his officials, Bach left Weimar and secured a post in December 1717 as Kapellmeister at Cöthen.
3. Bach hoped his Mass would land him the enviable job of Kapellmeister in Dresden, as Monteverdi hoped for upward mobility from Mantua to Venice.

Prince Leopold

1. At that time, Bach was serving as Kapellmeister to Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Cöthen, a position he held from 1717 to 1723.

Kapellmeister

1. Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Cöthen hired Bach to serve as his Kapellmeister (director of music).
2. At the age of 24, Salieri became Court composer and director of the Italian opera, and some years later became Kapellmeister.
3. Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen hired Bach to serve as his Kapellmeister (director of music). (Web site)

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