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- What defines chamber music?
- What is the musical style of Chamber Symphony?
- Do the musicians in a symphony play all alone and by themselves?
- Why is music called a score?
What defines chamber music?
Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room.
What is the musical style of Chamber Symphony?
In the Chamber Symphony, this single movement is subdivided into five very distinct parts, though they are played without a break. One way of looking at the overall plan for the piece is as a large sonata-form movement with interludes representing a scherzo and a slow movement.
Do the musicians in a symphony play all alone and by themselves?
You can't play a symphony alone. It takes an orchestra to play it! Academy of Classical Music.
Why is music called a score?
score, notation, in manuscript or printed form, of a musical work, probably so called from the vertical scoring lines that connect successive related staves. A score may contain the single part for a solo work or the many parts that make up an orchestral or ensemble composition.
