Sousa eventually himself became the bandmaster, or leader of the band, of the Marine Band.

Sousa 最终自己成为了 Marine Band 的乐队指挥或乐队领袖。

" So you think. A Corfu bandmaster's daughter! What has her life been? Her surname even is not her true one."

“这是你的想法。一个军乐队指挥的女儿！她过的是什么样的生活？连她的姓都不是她的真姓。”

The marriage was scarcely in accord with the old man's wishes, for the bandmaster's pockets were as light as his occupation.

老人对这桩亲事并不称心，因为这位军乐队指挥的钱袋就和他的指挥棒一样，轻飘飘的。

The instrument is believed to have been played by the bandmaster of the Titanic to calm passengers, as the ship sank in freezing waters 101 years ago.

据悉，这件乐器曾于110年前在泰坦尼克号上演奏，当时船马上就要沉入冰冷的海水，而乐队则演奏乐器来安抚乘客。

She was the daughter of the bandmaster of a regiment which had been quartered there—a Corfiote by birth, and a fine musician—who met his future wife during her trip thither with her father the captain, a man of good family.

父亲是驻扎在布达茅斯的一个团里的军乐队指挥——他是科孚人，是个很好的音乐家——在他未来的妻子和她的父亲，一个出身良好的船长，一起到那儿旅行时，他们相遇了。