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chamber music

noun

  1. music suited for performance in a room or a small concert hall, especially for two or more, but usually fewer than ten, solo instruments.


chamber music

noun

  1. music for performance by a small group of instrumentalists


chamber music

  1. Music for two or more instruments in which only one musician plays each part. Chamber music is distinguished from music for orchestra , in which, for example, more than a dozen violinists may be playing the same notes. The most familiar kind of chamber music is the string quartet .


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Word History and Origins

Origin of chamber music1

First recorded in 1780–90

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Example Sentences

He also played in freelance string quartets after finishing his ScD and met his wife, Gail, playing chamber music.

In 1984, he recorded a solo piano album called “Children’s Songs,” while also composing a work of chamber music, “Lyric Suite for Sextet.”

Bolling’s most famous crossover number was his “Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano,” recorded with Rampal on a 1975 album that was nominated for a Grammy for best chamber music performance.

She would float around the house, which was filled with chamber music, in flowing white gowns.

Later on it was repeated at a chamber music evening of the Musical Society.

String players were particularly popular, not only for chamber music concerts but also for private balls.

Chamber music concerts, song recitals, and oratoric performances,—all are of great advantage to the earnest student.

Hence, an enormous demand for chamber music, both vocal and instrumental, especially the latter.

He also organised a string quartet, and was considered a most excellent performer of chamber-music.

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