Also cap-. [Ger. ad. med.L. capella CHAPEL.] In Germany, a musical establishment consisting of a band or orchestra, with or without a choir, such as used to be maintained at most of the German courts. Hence ǁ Kapellmeister, the leader or conductor of a kapelle, chapel choir, or orchestra.
1838. Penny Cycl., XII. 341/2. In 1816 he became Kapellmeister to the king of Würtemberg.
1873. ‘Ouida,’ Pascarèl, I. 193. He was kapellmeister in our burgh.
1880. Pohl, in Grove, Dict. Mus., I. 705/1. To secure the young composer as his second Capellmeister.
