chamber musicnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈtʃeɪm.bə ˌmjuː.zɪk/us/ˈtʃeɪm.bɚ ˌmjuː.zɪk/music written for a small group of musicians so that it can be performed easily in a small concert hall or in a private home
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Types of music
- ambient music
- anthemic
- atonal
- backing
- bhangra
- blues
- elegiac
- elevator music
- funk
- gospel
- goth
- melodic
- popular music
- raga
- ragga
- Rastafarian
- reggae
- unaccompanied
- unplayable
- world music
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Examples from literature
- About the same time he offered to take the violin at a performance of some chamber music.
- But he wrote two pieces of chamber music which have never been excelled—a 'cello sonata and a trio.
- He also wrote about ten symphonies or symphonic poems, and a great variety of chamber music.
- It is her chamber music, however, that is responsible for her greatest triumphs.
- They are chamber music, and never were intended to be played in a large room.