What is the difference between chamber music and orchestral music?

Answer 1

Orchestral music is, simply, music composed for an orchestra. "Classical" is a period (c. 1750 to 1820) in music histoy, however people often use the term classical to describe all western music of a high standard.

Answer 2

Purely the amount of performers. Chamber music is performed by a small amount of people, so you could listen to it being performed in your "chamber" (bedroom), orchestral music you must go to a concert hall to hear.

Answer 3

Classical Music is the term given to both a style of music and the period during which it was written.

Chamber music is a genre, not a style.

Chamber music may be classical, or baroque, or romantic, or post-modern, or ...

Classical music may be chamber, or orchestral, or choral, or ...

Answer 4

an orchestra is a large group of instruments. A full orchestra would comprise of strings, woodwinds, brass and percussion.

A symphony however is a type of musical form.

Answer 5

A symphonic band hasn't got a string section where as a symphonic orchestra does.

Answer 6

A Chamber Orchestra is a very small orchestra, that only has strings. An Symphony Orchestra is a larger orchestra, and has wind players, and strings, but the majority are strings.

Answer 7

Chamber is simply a higher ranked, or more advanced group, whether it is in orchestra, choir, or some other group. It's not a type of music, but it's a type of group.

Answer 8

the number of players to each part