chamber music
- music suited for performance in a room or a small concert hall, especially for two or more, but usually fewer than ten, solo instruments.
Origin of chamber music
Examples from the Web for chamber music
Historical Examples of chamber music
On that day all Kohol was at home, and they came to meet him with chamber-music!
Stories and PicturesIsaac Loeb Peretz
After this he gave himself up to oratorio, symphony, and chamber-music.
Great Musical ComposersGeorge T. Ferris
The idea of starting a series of matines of chamber-music occurred to me.
Memories of a Musical LifeWilliam Mason
It was, however, an every-day matter especially in chamber-music.
BeethovenGeorge Alexander Fischer
Chamber-music did not quite satisfy him, and he had founded this band, which numbered forty-five musicians.
My MemoirsMarguerite Steinheil
chamber music
- music for performance by a small group of instrumentalists
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.