Beckmesser
noun
Beck·mes·ser
ˈbek-ˌme-sər
plural -s
: a critic or teacher of music characterized by timid and excessive reliance upon rules : pedant
Word History
Etymology
German, after Sixtus Beckmesser, pedantic musical philistine in the opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1867) by Richard Wagner †1883 German composer