室内乐是音乐艺术中的一个种类,它本身又包含着多种形式。最初室内乐是专供贵族欣赏的,从十九世纪三十年代起,室内乐逐渐走向了社会,成了一种新的音乐会演出形式。近代的室内乐,一般是指每个声部都由一件乐器演奏的小合奏,或者叫做“重奏”,从二重奏一直可到八重奏等等。例如由钢琴“伴”奏的小提琴(或其他乐器)的独奏,严格地说应是小提琴与钢琴的二重奏,属于室内乐的范畴。弦乐四重奏是室内乐中最常见的演奏形式。 Chamber music is a genre in the art of music, which itself contains many forms. Chamber music was originally designed for aristocrats. Since the 1930s, chamber music has gradually become social and has become a new form of concerts. Modern chamber music, generally refers to each part by a musical instrument played a small ensemble, or “ensemble”, from the duet until the october and so on. For example, solos of violins (or other musical instruments) accompanied by a piano, strictly speaking duet of violins and piano, belong to the category of chamber music. String quartets are the most common forms of play in chamber music.