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Kapellmeister
Kapellmeister is a German title for the director of music at a princely court or church, originally the leader of a chapel's musicians. In the baroque period a Kapellmeister composed, rehearsed and directed music for services, ceremonies and entertainments. Johann Sebastian Bach held the post at Köthen from 1717 to 1723, and Georg Philipp Telemann and Joseph Haydn served as Kapellmeister to other courts.
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