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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
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Set one will consist of a chamber music ensemble and set two will consist of cabaret artists and an accompanying trio.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 22 May 2024
My son's chamber music group met for the first time the next morning in a sweltering fourth-floor room at Cremona’s Chamber of Commerce.
—Julie Orringer, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2024
Since then, the flexibly sized ensemble has presented everything from very small chamber music concerts to larger orchestral and operatic productions.
—Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2024
Heart Matter’s original songs combine chamber music with Brazilian rhythm and jazz improvisation.
—Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2024
James Ginsburg won the 2021 Grammy Award for best chamber music/small ensemble performance for Contemporary Voices.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 18 Mar. 2024
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
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Word History
First Known Use
1615, in the meaning defined above
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“Chamber music.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chamber%20music. Accessed 28 May. 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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