Modern chamber music almost always consists of a three-part or four-part sonata cycle. To date, the basis of the chamber-instrumental repertoire are the compositions of the classics: quartets and string trio of Mozart and Haydn, string quintets of Mozart and Boccherini and, of course, the quartets of Beethoven and Schubert.
In the post-classical period, a large number of well-known composers, who belonged to different directions, preferred to write chamber music, but only some of its samples were able to gain a foothold in the widespread repertoire: for example, Ravel and Debussy string quartets, as well as piano quartet, written by Schumann.
The concept of "chamber music" implies a duets, quartets, septets, trios, sextets, octets, nonets, and decimetswhen pretty different instrumental compositions. Chamber music includes some genres for solo performance with accompaniment. These are romances or instrumental sonatas. "Chamber Opera" implies a chamber atmosphere and a small number of performers.
The term "chamber orchestra" refers to an orchestra, in which no more than 25 performers. The chamber orchestra has its own part for each performer.
String chamber music reached the peak of its development, in particular, under Beethoven. After him, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Schubert and many other famous composers began to write chamber music. Among Russian composers, Tchaikovsky, Glinka, Glazunov, Napravnik worked in this direction.
To support this type of art in St. Petersburg, the Russian Musical Community, as well as the chamber music community, held various competitions. This area may include romances for singing, sonatas for stringed instrument and piano, as well as small piano pieces. You need to play chamber music with great subtlety and detail.
This chamber music is quite in-depth and focused. For this reason, chamber genres are better perceived in small rooms and in a free atmosphere, rather than in ordinary concert halls. This type of musical art requires subtle knowledge and understanding of forms and harmony, and the counterpoint was developed a little later, under the influence of great geniuses of musical art.
Chamber Music Concert - Moscow
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