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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 132. Chapters: Marching band, Orchestra, Boy band, Musical ensemble, String quartet, Choir, Chamber music, Gamelan, Piano quintet, Drum and bugle corps, String quintet, String trio, Piano trio, String sextet, Military band, Brass band, School band, Corps of Drums, Concert band, Territory band, Girl group, Drum major, Show choir, Wind quintet, Tribute act, All-female band, Tuna, Drumline, Gamelan outside Indonesia, Indoor percussion ensemble, Conductorless orchestra, Octet, String orchestra, Cover band, Boys' choir, Community band, Lead vocalist, Piano quartet, Djent, DC3 Music Group, String section, Jazz trio, Glee club, Horn section, Men's chorus, Internet band, House band, Solo, Fanfare band, Piano sextet, Samba band, Fanfare orchestra, Eduardo and His Brazilian Aeroplane, Pickup group, Unsigned band, Spasm band, Takht, Power duo, Flute choir, Miles From Home, DJ big band, String octet, Urusen, List of musical ensemble formats, Junk band, Firqa, Studio band, Nova cancon. Excerpt: Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers with one performer to a part. The word "chamber" signifies that the music can be performed in a small room, often in a private salon with an intimate atmosphere. However, it usually does not include, by definition, solo instrument performances. Because of its intimate nature, chamber music has been described as "the music of friends." For more than 200 years, chamber music was played primarily by amateur musicians in their homes, and even today, when most chamber music performance has migrated from the home to the concert hall, there are still many musicians, amateur and professional, who continue to play chamber music...
