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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.
A chamber choir is a small or medium-sized choir of roughly 8 to 40 singers (occasionally called "chamber singers"), typically singing classical or religious music in a concert setting. [1] This is distinct from, for example, a church choir, which sings in religious services, or choirs specializing in popular music such as a barbershop chorus.
Chamber pop (also called baroque pop [7] [8] and sometimes conflated with orchestral pop or symphonic pop [1]) is a music genre that combines rock music [1] with the intricate use of strings, horns, piano, and vocal harmonies, and other components drawn from the orchestral and lounge pop of the 1960s, with an emphasis on melody and texture.
The term sonata da camera was originally used in its literal meaning of "chamber music", but later came to be used figuratively to contrast this genre of composition with the sonata da chiesa, which literally meant "church music", but generally comprised a suite of four movements with tempos following a largo–allegro–largo–allegro pattern.
Cantatas, both of the chamber variety and on a grand scale, were composed after 1900 as well. [8] Indeed, it would not be an exaggeration to claim that one of the most popular pieces of classical music of the 20th century to the layman's ears, is a cantata, namely Carmina Burana (1935–1936) by the German composer Carl Orff.
Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions. It is sometimes distinguished as Western classical music , as the term "classical music" can also be applied to non-Western art musics .
A piano quartet is a chamber music composition for piano and three other instruments, or a musical ensemble comprising such instruments. Those other instruments are usually a string trio consisting of a violin, viola and cello.
Camerata Klaipėda, a Lithuanian chamber orchestra Camerata Mediolanense , an ensemble of musicians established in Milano, Italy Camerata Mediterranea , a French nonprofit organization and an international, intercultural institute of musical exchanges