chamber music thread

tyler.durden

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Some nice tunes, guys. Just for future reference -

Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments (usually 2 to 8—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 (in contrast to orchestral music, in which each string part is played by a number of performers). 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 music was played primarily by amateur musicians in their homes, and even today, when chamber music performance has migrated from the home to the concert hall, many musicians, amateur and professional, still play chamber music for their own pleasure. Playing chamber music requires special skills, both musical and social, that differ from the skills required for playing solo or symphonic works.
 

tyler.durden

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Here's my favorite brass ensemble piece entitled Fanfare for the Common Man, by American composer Aaron Copeland. It is regal and majestic, so its title is somewhat ironic. Here, it's played for the opening ceremony for the 9/11 memorial museum, so it holds special significance. Very powerful. Enjoy -


 

tyler.durden

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I love this tune, and really dig playing it at weddings. Which is inappropriate, given the songs meaning ;) I love the string arrangement here behind the piano and vocals, and I'd bang Ms. Bareilles if she asked me nicely...


 
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