chamber master (chamber master)

A shoemaker who makes up his own material at home, and disposes of it to the shops. Mayhew. chamber-music (chām'bėr-mūzik), n. Music, either instrumental or vocal, vocal, which is specially suited for performance in a small room: opposed to concert-music, and also to church music and operatic music. The term is commonly applied to con certed music for solo instruments, such as string quartets, etc. It was first used early in the seventeenth century to designate all music not adapted to the uses of the church or the theater. Originally, therefore, it included concert music.