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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. In its original sense, chamber music referred to music composed for the home, as opposed to that written for the theatre or church.
Simply put, chamber music is classical music for a small ensemble, typically, 3 to 6 players without a conductor. Intimate, intense, beautiful, adventurous and profound, chamber music has compelled the world's finest composers, players and listeners for nearly 500 years and is still so vital today.
Get ready for some of the best compositions by J. S. Bach, performed by the new wave of chamber musicians, Capella Savaria, and Zsolt Kalló, along with genre veterans János Rolla and the Liszt...
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Aug 9, 2021 · Written by MasterClass. Last updated: Aug 9, 2021 • 6 min read. The great masters of classical music—such as Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Brahms—did not merely compose music for large symphony orchestras. They also wrote chamber music for smaller ensembles.
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Broadly speaking, chamber music is any ensemble music suited to a small room rather than to a large concert hall. Chamber ensembles range from two to eight or nine musicians, within families of string, wind, brass, and even percussion instruments, or combining diverse instruments.