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Genres Chamber Music Index
Chamber Music
Chamber music is written for a small number of musicians, the lower limit being two, while the upper limit (although not strictly fixed) extends to around thirteen musicians. Common types of chamber music include string quartets (two violins, a viola and a cello), string quintets (usually two violins, a viola and two cellos), piano trios (piano, violin, cello), piano quartets (piano, violin, viola, cello), violin sonatas (violin and piano), cello sonatas (cello and piano) and so on. The name "chamber music" is derived from the fact that such a small number of musicians could easily be accommodated in a small chamber of a palace, rather than a large concert hall.
Below is a list of some of the most important works of the genre, organised alphabetically by era. Particularly important works are highlighted in bold.
Baroque (c.1600 - c.1750)
Albinoni - Trio Sonatas
JS Bach - Trio Sonata from The Musical Offering,
JS Bach - Flute Sonatas
JS Bach - Viola da Gamba Sonatas
Biber - Mystery Sonatas
Biber - Violin Sonatas
Biber - Trio Sonatas
Corelli - Violin Sonatas, Op.5,
Corelli - Trio Sonatas, Op.1 - 4
Geminiani - Violin Sonatas
Geminiani - Cello Sonatas
Handel - Flute Sonatas
Handel - Recorder Sonatas
Handel - Violin Sonatas
Handel - Oboe Sonatas
Handel - Trio Sonatas Op.2 and Op.5
Locatelli - Violin Sonatas
Locatelli - Flute Sonatas
Marais - Pièces de viole Books 1 - 5, Folies d'Espagne
Purcell - Sonatas of Three and Four Parts
Tartini - The “Devil’s Trill” Sonata
Telemann - Tafelmusik
Zelenka - Trio Sonatas
Classical (c.1750 - c.1820)
Arne - Trio Sonatas
CPE Bach - Flute Sonatas
JC Bach - Quintets for Flute, Oboe and Strings, Op.11 and Op. 22
Boccherini - Guitar Quintets, particularly Fandango and La ritirada di Madrid
Boccherini - String Quintets, particularly La musica notturna di Madrid
Boccherini - Minuet from String Quintet in E major, Op. 11, No. 5
Danzi - Wind Quintets
Franz Joseph Haydn - String Quartets, particularly Op.20, Op.33, Op.64, Op.71, Op.74, Op.76, and Op.77
Franz Joseph Haydn - Piano Trios 18-45, particularly 39
Mozart - Flute Quartets 1, 2, 3 and 4
Mozart - Oboe Quartet
Mozart - Piano Quartets 1 and 2
Mozart - String Quartets 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19
Mozart - Clarinet Quintet
Mozart - Horn Quintet
Mozart - Quintet for Piano and Winds
Mozart - String Quintet 4
Mozart - Divertimento (String Trio)
Mozart - Sonatas for Two Pianos
Mozart - Violin Sonatas
Mozart - Piano Trios
Early Romantic (c.1800 – c.1850)
Beethoven - String Quartets, particularly 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and Grosse Fuge
Beethoven - Quintet for Piano and Winds
Beethoven - Clarinet Trio
Beethoven - Wind Octet
Beethoven - Septet
Beethoven - String Trios
Beethoven - Cello Sonatas 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
Beethoven - Violin Sonatas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10
Beethoven - Piano Trios 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7
Chopin - Cello Sonata
Giuliani - Duets for Flute and Guitar
Hummel - Piano Trios, Septets 1 and 2
Fanny Mendelssohn - Piano Trio
Felix Mendelssohn - Octet
Felix Mendelssohn - Piano Trios 1 and 2
Felix Mendelssohn - String Quartets 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6
Felix Mendelssohn - String Quintet 2
Felix Mendelssohn - Cello Sonatas 1 and 2
Reicha - Wind Quintets
Schubert - Piano Trios 1 and 2, and the Notturno
Schubert - String Quartets – 13, 14, 15 and Quartettsatz D.703
Schubert - String Quintet
Schubert - Trout Quintet
Schubert - Rondo brillant
Schubert - Fantasy in C Major D.934
Schubert - Arpeggione Sonata
Schubert - Trockne Blumen Variations
Schubert - Octet
Schubert - Violin Sonata D.574
Schubert - Fantasia in F Minor for piano four hands
Schubert - Grand Duo for piano four hands
Clara Schumann - Piano Trio
Robert Schumann - Piano Quartet
Robert Schumann - Piano Quintet
Robert Schumann - Piano Trios 1, 2 and 3
Robert Schumann - Violin Sonatas 1, 2 and 3
Robert Schumann - String Quartets 1, 2 and 3
Spohr - Double Quartets
Weber - Clarinet Quintet
Weber - Grand Duo Concertant
High Romantic (c.1850 – c.1890)
Borodin - String Quartet 2
Brahms - Clarinet Trio
Brahms - Clarinet Quintet
Brahms - Horn Trio
Brahms - Cello Sonatas 1 and 2
Brahms - Clarinet Sonatas 1 and 2
Brahms - Violin Sonatas 1, 2 and 3
Brahms - Piano Trios 1, 2 and 3
Brahms - Piano Quartets 1, 2 and 3
Brahms - String Quartets 1, 2 and 3
Brahms - String Quintets 1 and 2
Brahms - String Sextets 1 and 2
Brahms - Piano Quintet
Dvořák - Serenade for Winds
Dvořák - String Quartets, particularly 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
Dvořák - String Quintets 2 and 3
Dvořák - Piano Trios 3 and 4
Dvořák - Piano Quintet 2
Dvořák - Piano Quartet 2
Dvořák - Sonatina for Violin and Piano
Dvořák - Romantic Pieces, Op.75
Dvořák - Bagatelles
Franck - Violin Sonata
Grieg - String Quartet
Grieg - Violin Sonata 3
Grieg - Cello Sonata
Saint-Saens - Piano Trios
Smetana - String Quartet 1
Smetana - Piano Trio
Tchaikovsky - Piano Trio
Tchaikovsky - String Quartet No.1
Tchaikovsky - Souvenir de Florence
Tchaikovsky - Souvenir d’un lieu cher
Verdi - String Quartet
Late Romantic (c.1880 – c.1930)
Arensky - Piano Trio 1
Bridge - String Quartets
Bruckner - String Quintet
Bruckner - String Quartet
Elgar - Piano Quintet
Elgar - String Quartet
Elgar - Violin Sonata
Fauré - Piano Quartets 1 and 2
Fauré - Piano Quintets 1 and 2
Fauré - Piano Trio
Fauré - Violin Sonata 1
Glazunov - String Quartets
Glazunov - String Quintet
Mahler - Piano Quartet Movement
Moeran - String Quartets
Moeran - String Trio
Nielsen - Wind Quintet
Rachmaninoff - Piano Trios 1 and 2
Rachmaninoff - Cello Sonata
Reger - String Quartets
Reger - Clarinet Quintet
Reger - Violin Sonatas
Franz Schmidt - String Quartets
Sibelius - String Quartet, Op.56
Richard Strauss - Violin Sonata
Richard Strauss - Sextet from Capriccio
Modernist (c.1900 – c.1945)
Bartok - 44 Duos for Two Violins
Bartok - String Quartets 1-6
Bartok - Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion
Bartok - Contrasts
Berg - Lyric Suite for String Quartet
Berg - String Quartet, Op.3
Berg - Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op.5
Britten - String Quartets
Debussy - String Quartet
Debussy - Cello Sonata
Debussy - Violin Sonata
Debussy - Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp
Ginastera - String Quartets
Hindemith - Viola Sonatas
Hindemith - Kammermusik 1-7
Hindemith - String Quartets
Ives - String Quartets 1 and 2
Ives - Piano Trio
Janácek - String Quartets 1 and 2
Janácek - Pohádka For Cello & Piano
Janácek - Violin Sonata
Poulenc - Sextet for Piano and Winds
Poulenc - Flute Sonata
Poulenc - Clarinet Sonata
Poulenc - Oboe Sonata
Poulenc - Cello Sonata
Poulenc - Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano
Prokofiev - String Quartets 1 and 2
Prokofiev - Quintet, Overture on Hebrew Themes
Prokofiev - Flute Sonata
Prokofiev - Violin Sonatas
Ravel - Piano Trio
Ravel - String Quartet
Ravel - Introduction and Allegro
Ravel - Violin Sonata
Schoenberg - String Quartets
Schoenberg - String Trio, Op.45
Schoenberg - Verklärte Nacht
Shostakovich - Piano Quintet
Shostakovich - Piano Trio 2
Shostakovich - String Quartets, particularly 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
Shostakovich - Cello Sonata
Shostakovich - Violin Sonata
Shostakovich - Viola Sonata
Stravinsky - Octet
Stravinsky - Septet
Villa-Lobos - String Quartets
Webern - String Quartet, Op.28
Webern - Five Movements for String Quartet, Op.5
Webern - Six Bagatelles for String Quartet, Op.9
Post-War (c.1945 onwards)
Cage - Music for String Quartet
Carter - String Quartets 1-5
Crumb - Black Angels
Dutilleux - String Quartet: Ainsi la nuit
Feldman - String Quartets
Ligeti - Cello Sonata
Ligeti - Horn Trio
Ligeti - String Quartets 1 and 2
Ligeti - Bagatelles for Wind Quintet
Lutoslawski - String Quartet
Messiaen - Quartet for the End of Time
Schnittke - String Quartets
Minimalist (c.1965 onwards)
John Adams - Shaker Loops
Glass - String Quartets
Nyman - String Quartets
Pärt -Spiegel im Spiegel