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chamber: a standalone construct

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chamber1 CONSTRUCTChamber musicMUSICA DA CAMERA · 17C

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Music

Music for a small ensemble

A category of art music written for a small group of instruments, with one player to a part and no conductor, meant originally for performance in a private room rather than a church or a theatre. The label comes from the Italian musica da camera, meaning music of the chamber, which took shape in seventeenth century Italy to mark music for domestic and courtly rooms; Bashford's 2001 account in Grove Music Online traces the term and the genre it came to name, from the baroque trio to the string quartet. The referent is a body of repertoire and a way of performing defined by small forces and an intimate setting, not a pumping cavity of the heart or an assembly of a legislature.[1]

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One work or repertoire class scored for a small ensemble, one player per part
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Classified by instrumentation, number of parts, and performing setting

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References

  1. Bashford, C. (2001). Chamber music. In Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.05379

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