What is chamber music?
Originally, chamber music called a type of classical music that was performed in a small space such as a house or a palace room. The number of instruments used was also little without a conductor to accompany the musicians. Today, chamber music is performed in the same way in terms of the size of the location and the number of instruments used. Typically, a chamber orchestra is composed of 40 or less musicians. Due to the limited number of instruments, each instrument plays an equally important role. Chamber music differs from a concert or a symphony because it is played by only one player per piece.
Chamber music
Chamber music evolved from French chanson, a vocal music consisting of four voices accompanied by a lute. In Italy, the chanson became known as canzona and evolved from its original form of vocal music to instrumental music, which was often adapted for the organ. During the 17th century, the canzona evolved into the room sonata performed on two violins plus a melody instrument (e.g. cello) and harmony instrument (e.g. harpsichord).
