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Chamber Music is a 1962 one-act play by absurdist playwright Arthur Kopit. [1] The story is set in 1938 and concerns eight famous women from different historical periods who all are interned in the same insane asylum .
For more than 100 years, chamber music was played primarily by amateur musicians in their homes, and even today, when chamber music performance has migrated from the home to the concert hall, many musicians, amateur and professional, still play chamber music for their own pleasure.
The Associated Chamber Music Players (ACMP) is an international organization of musicians - mostly amateur but also some professionals - devoted to playing chamber music. The organization publishes a directory of musicians worldwide—in print and online; members can contact other players and arrange chamber music sessions. [ 1 ]
In 2013, the category was renamed as Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance. The award goes to the winning ensemble and its conductor (if applicable). The producer(s) and engineer(s) also receive an award if they have worked on over 50% of playing time on the album.
A chamber play is a play of usually three acts which can be performed with a small cast and practically no sets or costumes in a small space. The form became popular in the early 20th century, with leading exponents being Max Reinhardt and August Strindberg . [ 1 ]
Chamber Music Journal, a periodical for chamber music; Chamber Music, a 1925 German film; Chamber Music, a 1962 play by Arthur Kopit; Chamber Music (poetry collection), a 1907 collection of poems by James Joyce; Música de Cámara, Hispanic classical music organization
Bedřich Smetana's two quartets, especially String Quartet No. 1 in E minor, "From my Life" (1876), considered the first piece of chamber programme music [21] Max Reger 's six string quartets, especially long Quartet No. 3 in D minor, Op. 74, Quartet No. 4 in E-flat major, Op. 109, and the last, Quartet No. 5 in F-sharp minor, Op. 121 [ 21 ]
In 2016, Montgomery was elected to the board of Chamber Music America. [11] In 2021, she became the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's Meade Composer-in-Residence. [12] Her 2021 composition, Hymn for Everyone, composed as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, opens the Grammy-winning album, Contemporary American Composers (2023). [13]