definition of chamber music
Chamber music. Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instrumentsâtraditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers, with one performer to a part. However, by convention, it usually does not include solo instrument performances. Because of its intimate nature, chamber music has been described as the music of friends. For more than 100 years, chamber ...