CANTOR, in music, literally "singer"; and in church usage, the one (chanter, precentor, succentor) whose business it is to lead the singing or, if not actually to do this himself, to be responsible for its being properly done by others. In German usage the term, with Kapellmeister as its equivalent, includes the further meanings of choir-master and organist, as is recalled by the time-honoured description of Bach as the "Leipzig Cantor." In French, maitre de chapelle is the corresponding term.