English > music director: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | The person who leads a musical group. |
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| Synonyms | conductor, 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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