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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.

an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color. the tones or sounds employed, occurring in single line (melody) or multiple lines (harmony), and sounded or to be sounded by one or more voices or instruments, or both.

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

: a poem, story, or play set to music to be sung by a chorus and soloists. Etymology. from Italian cantata "music for a chorus," from Latin cantata (same meaning), derived from canere "to sing" - related to cantor, chant, chantey.

As orchestras grew significantly in size starting in the later 1700s, the term chamber music took on its present definition as music written for and performed by a small instrumental ensemble with one player on each part.

On this page you'll find 4 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to chamber music, such as: concert music, longhair music, and symphonic music.

So next time you are listening to a piece of music, try to separate out the parts and listen to how each of the Elements of Music are being used. Listen for the Dynamics, Form, Harmony, Melody, Rhythm, Texture, Timbre and Tonality. You might even want to start keeping a listening journal of the music you hear.

“Hurrian Hymn No. 6” is considered the world's earliest melody, but the oldest musical composition to have survived in its entirety is a first century A.D. Greek tune known as the “Seikilos Epitaph.” The song was found engraved on an ancient marble column used to mark a woman's gravesite in Turkey.

A cantata (/kænˈtɑːtə/; Italian: [kanˈtaːta]; literally "sung", past participle feminine singular of the Italian verb cantare, "to sing") is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment, typically in several movements, often involving a choir.

Cantata is a usually short composition featuring several movements. And it features a story. So in the case of Bach's cantatas. We feature an element from the Bible.

An essential characteristic of chamber music results from the limited size of the performing group employed: it is intimate music, suited to the expression of subtle and refined musical ideas.

A chamber is a large room, especially one that is used for formal meetings. We are going to make sure we are in the council chamber every time he speaks. Synonyms: hall, room More Synonyms of chamber. 2. countable noun.