chamber music

noun
1.
music suited for performance in a room or a small concert hall, especially for two or more, but usually fewer than ten, solo instruments.
Origin
1780-90
Examples from the web for chamber music
  • There she has worked intensively with younger musicians in rehearsals and performances of chamber music.
  • chamber music, choral singing, and folk dance are living metaphors of community.
  • It is a space for art exhibitions, chamber music concerts and where the top quark and big bang are debated over coffee.
British Dictionary definitions for chamber music

chamber music

noun
1.
music for performance by a small group of instrumentalists
chamber music in Culture

chamber music definition


Music for two or more instruments in which only one musician plays each part. Chamber music is distinguished from music for orchestra, in which, for example, more than a dozen violinists may be playing the same notes. The most familiar kind of chamber music is the string quartet.