单词 | chamber music |
释义 | chamber musicn. Originally: music intended for performance in a private room, as opposed to a concert hall, church, etc.; (subsequently) any music composed for a small group of musicians and typically played with a single instrument to a part. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > [noun] > chamber music chamber music1615 1615 T. Heywood Foure Prentises i. i. sig. C3v I loue no chamber-musicke; but a Drumme, To giue mee hunts-vp. 1624 J. Chamberlain Let. 15 Dec. (1939) II. 591–2 They had great entertainment, and choise chamber musicke. 1728 R. North in J. Wilson Roger North on Music (1959) 328 For songs to the harp..were proper for chamber musick, that required a tranquility, to be familiarly heard. 1789 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music III. Introd. p. ix Chamber Music, such as cantatas, single songs, solos, trios, [etc.]. 1864 H. F. Chorley in E. Wallace tr. F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Lett. from Italy & Switzerland (ed. 3) p. xvii Among Mendelssohn's published chamber-music may be specified an Ottett, two Quintetts, eight Quartetts for stringed instruments. 1934 Musical Times 75 173/2 This Concerto for solo pianoforte and nine players comes somewhere between chamber music and orchestral work. 2004 Opera Now Mar. 24/1 There's also a small chamber theatre..that holds up to 150 people and is used not only for chamber operas, but for chamber music and solo recitals. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1615 |
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