chamber music

noun

: music and especially instrumental ensemble music intended for performance in a private room or small auditorium and usually having one performer for each part

Examples of chamber music in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Between March 31 and April 5, 2025, the finalists will return for chamber music recitals with the DoverQuartet, a solo recital and performances with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. The Indianapolis Star, 14 Mar. 2024 Among its multitude of innovations, Kronos had pioneered performing its chamber music concerts with lighting design shortly before the 1992 Gubaidulina premiere in Carnegie Hall. Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2024 Chamber music as an art form dates back to the late 1700s which presents a problem for a young, dynamic ensemble: how to make chamber music feel less, well, fusty? Neda Ulaby, NPR, 3 Mar. 2024 Music in Miami is presenting a chamber music concert at 6 p.m. Sunday at Trinity Cathedral in Miami featuring works by Piazzolla, Schubert, Beethoven and Caliendo. Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024 Brown also briefly worked as a producer for the Cultural Olympiad that took place during the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996, a remit that included jazz, opera, chamber music and more. David Allen, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2024 The 45-minute performances include solo performers, chamber music and visiting choirs, and often feature faculty musicians from the Levine Music school. Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2024 The next evening, at the The Black Archives Historic Lyric Theater in Overtown, the symphony is performing chamber music by Williams,Valerie Coleman, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson and more. Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2024 Opus 3 Artists’ roster includes instrumentalists, vocalists, conductors, composers, chamber music ensembles, and touring chamber and symphony orchestras. Marc Schneider, Billboard, 1 Dec. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1615, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of chamber music was in 1615

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“Chamber music.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chamber%20music. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

chamber music

noun
: instrumental music to be performed by a few musicians in a room or small hall

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