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Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room.
Chamber music, music composed for small ensembles of instrumentalists. It often permits no more than one player to a part and usually dispenses with a conductor. Chamber music can be a combination of stringed or wind instruments, often with a keyboard, and music for voices with or without accompaniment.
Chamber music is the logical evolution of instrumental music that was initially composed and played for home use, during parties, dinners, and other intimate gatherings. In the middle of the 15 th century, German musicians started to manipulate folk melodies by expanding them through a few countermelodies so a group of instruments could play them.
Nov 14, 2019 · Chamber music is now defined as instrumental music played by a handful of performers, without the assistance of a conductor. That definition has stuck around since the mid-18th century, when amateurs and professionals performed in drawing rooms, reception halls and — of course — palace chambers.
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Dec 5, 2018 · Simply put, chamber music is “classical music” for a small ensemble. Most commonly, that means 3 to 6 players but general usage easily encompasses 2 to 8 players (without necessarily any hard upper limit per se).
May 15, 2015 · Nowadays, chamber music can be played just about anywhere, but it still typically refers to smaller ensembles, often with one performer to a part, and usually no more than two of the same ...
Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers, with one performer to a part.