chamber music

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noun

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

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Words nearby chamber music

chamaephyte, chamber, chamber concert, chamber counsel, chamber mug, chamber music, chamber of commerce, chamber of deputies, chamber of horrors, chamber of trade, chamber opera

Origin of chamber music

First recorded in 1780–90

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Example sentences from the Web for chamber music

Even tobacco and chamber-music dont make you a bit happy, do they, Mr. Oldmeadow?
Adrienne Toner|Anne Douglas Sedgwick
On that day all Kohol was at home, and they came to meet him with chamber-music!
Stories and Pictures|Isaac Loeb Peretz
He was probably the last composer to carry on the traditions of this form of chamber-music as perfected by Alessandro Scarlatti.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7|Various
Since then the Society has given three hundred and fifty performances of chamber-music or orchestral works.
Musicians of To-Day|Romain Rolland

It was, however, an every-day matter especially in chamber-music.
Beethoven|George Alexander Fischer

British Dictionary definitions for chamber music

chamber music

noun

music for performance by a small group of instrumentalists

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Cultural definitions for chamber music

chamber music

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.