chamber music
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5.3
- noun
- /ˈtʃeɪmbər ˈmjuːzɪk/
- The local community center hosts a monthly chamber music concert featuring talented musicians in a cozy setting.
- chamber music ensemble
- chamber music concert
- play chamber music
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Examples
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Many New York Philharmonic musicians perform in the orchestra's chamber music series.
Academic text (1998) -
The purpose of this study was to examine collaborative composing in high school string chamber music ensembles.
Academic text (2015) -
The new, louder guitar had six single strings and was a favorite of the chamber music scene.
Academic text (1998) -
I love his chamber music... and his compositions for the harp.
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In this way, music educators can help all their students participate in the delights of playing chamber music.
Academic text (2000) -
Their mother, who played viola in chamber-music groups on the West Coast, had never remarried.
Fiction book (1995) -
At the second, an English group known as the Sacconi Quartet played chamber music for strings by Franz Schubert.
Academic text (2007) -
Vivaldi was prolific in the areas of chamber music (more than five hundred of his concerti survive), opera, and sacred music.
Academic text (2011) -
During the intimate gathering, the guests enjoyed beautiful chamber music performed by a string quartet.
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She often listens to chamber music while studying, as its soothing melodies help her concentrate.
Synonyms
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7.3
Music for several singers or players, each with a different part
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8.2
Music for a small group of instruments with one player per part
How Small
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'serious music for a small group performed in an intimate setting' is directly derivable from combining 'chamber' (a private/small room) with 'music' — i.e. music for a chamber or small space. This compositional pattern is common cross-linguistically (e.g. musique de chambre, Música de cámara) and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Chamber music comes from the old practice of playing music in a chamber, a small room in a house or palace where a few players and listeners sat close together. So the phrase now means 'music for a few instruments in a small, private setting'.