English > director: 5 senses > noun 5, person Meaning | The person who leads a musical group. |
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Synonyms | conductor, music director |
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Instances | Bernstein, Leonard Bernstein | United States conductor and composer (1918-1990) |
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Britten, Benjamin Britten, Edward Benjamin Britten, Lord Britten of Aldeburgh | major English composer of the 20th century |
Fiedler, Arthur Fiedler | Popular United States conductor (1894-1979) |
Hindemith, Paul Hindemith | German neoclassical composer and conductor who believed that music should have a social purpose (1895-1963) |
Koussevitzky, Serge Koussevitzky, Sergei Aleksandrovich Koussevitzky | United States conductor (born in Russia) who was noted for performing the works of contemporary composers (1874-1951) |
Lambert, Constant Lambert, Leonard Constant Lambert | English composer and conductor (1905-1951) |
Mahler, Gustav Mahler | Austrian composer and conductor (1860-1911) |
Ormandy, Eugene Ormandy | United States conductor (born in Hungary) (1899-1985) |
Ozawa, Seiji Ozawa | United States conductor (born in Japan in 1935) |
Stokowski, Leopold Stokowski, Leopold Antoni Stanislaw Stokowski | United States conductor (born in Britain) (1882-1977) |
Szell, George Szell | United States conductor (born in Hungary) (1897-1970) |
Toscanini, Arturo Toscanini | Italian conductor of many orchestras worldwide / worldwide (1867-1957) |
Walter, Bruno Walter | German conductor (1876-1962) |
Weber, Carl Maria von Weber, Baron Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber | German conductor and composer of romantic operas (1786-1826) |
Wood, Sir Henry Wood, Sir Henry Joseph Wood | English conductor (1869-1944) |
Narrower | bandleader | The leader of a dance band |
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bandmaster | The conductor of a band |
drum major | The leader of a marching band or drum corps |
drum majorette, majorette | A female drum major |
Broader | musician | artist who composes or conducts music as a profession |
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Spanish | conductor, directora, director de orquesta, director |
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Catalan | conductor, directora, director d'orquestra, director |
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Verbs | direct | lead, as in the performance of a composition |
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