Bandmaster

The bandmaster was a Scotchman -- a stiff-looking, elderly man. ❋ Unknown (1867)

Lieutenant James Reese Europe, an early ragtime and jazz bandleader and composer, who served as regimental bandmaster. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But the Little Flower might have known better how to wield a baton: His father was a bandmaster. ❋ Andrew Grossman (2011)

There were also a number of black officers, among them James Europe, already a noted bandmaster, N.B. Marshall, a prominent attorney, and Vertner Tandy, a promising young architect, serving as lieutenants and captains. ❋ M_francis (2009)

His father, the bandmaster of the USS Oklahoma, was killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He hired a young bandmaster from Harvard named Leroy Anderson to do some arrangements for the Pops, then commissioned him to write some new pieces. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Ironic that she's jumping ship because of out of tune bandmaster Herr Honicker Braun and his East German Wannabes. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The bandmaster was deployed with a British regiment in Japan in 1868, and wound up introducing his hosts to the two most important institutions yet devised by the West: the brass band and the national anthem. ❋ Unknown (2006)

I suppose it's because of the kind of job my hubby has - he's a bandmaster/commander. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Arian is a popular Iranian music ensemble that emerged in 2001, composed of nine singers and musicians, being directed by Ali Pahlavan as the bandmaster and assisted by Payam Salehi, along with three female back vocalists, Sanaz and Sahar Kashmari, and Sharareh Farnejad. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Later he became bandmaster of the Consular Guard and then of the Grenadier Regiment of Foot of the Imperial Guard. ❋ De Brantigny........................ (2008)

A famous bandmaster in Revolutionary and Napoleonic times, Michel Gesture, had entered the band of the Swiss Guard as in instrumentalist at the age of 14. ❋ De Brantigny........................ (2008)

He is described as a "bandmaster pensioner", married to Philadelphia-born Jessie Pilkington, then 47. ❋ Unknown (2006)

It's been established that NFL kicker Adam Vinatieri is a descendant of General George Custer's bandmaster, Felix Vinatieri, and a fourth cousin of professional daredevil Evel Knievel. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The Scotsman has discovered that after leaving Japan in 1877, the Irish-born bandmaster moved to Angus. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The old girl borrowed a bassoon from the bandmaster of the Rifle Regiment. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Asercion comes from a family with a long and proud history of U.S. military service: his grandfather was the first Filipino chief bandmaster in the U.S. ❋ Unknown (2007)

[Jackbox]: name the worst name for a [pageant]: Miss ______ [Answer]: Bandmaster ❋ Ensoraj (2020)

He's the bandmaster. I'm the best here - the bandmaster[Well I'm] the bandmaster now, seeing as [____] is [incapable] of leading. . ❋ Shapeyballer (2017)