bandsman

Updated: July 6, 2026

Gabrielle Wietrowitz was born a few years later, in 1866, at Laibach, and was also a pupil at the Musical Institute at Gratz. Her father was a military bandsman who had some knowledge of the violin, which enabled him to give his daughter elementary instruction on that instrument. On entering the Musical Union she made a sensation by playing brilliantly at a concert before a large audience.

Henry Charles Lahee - Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday

Jim ridiculed the idea; the bandsman protested, and was about to lose his temper, when Jim gave in with the good-nature of a person who can afford to despise opinions; and the musician went his way. As he dwindled out of sight Jim began to think more carefully over what he had said.

Thomas Hardy - The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid