Chamber Music is a composition in three sections for female voice, clarinet, cello and harp by the Italian composer Luciano Berio. It is a setting of three poems from the collection of poetry Chamber Music by James Joyce, whose work was to be a frequent source for Berio. The songs were composed in 1953, and show the influence of Luigi Dallapiccola with whom Berio had studied in 1952 at the Tanglewood Music Center.
| Librettist | James Joyce (Poems by James Joyce) |
| Date of composition | 1953 |
| Premiered | 1953 in Milan, Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy |
| Dedicated to | Cathy Berberian |
| Approx. duration | 9 minutes |
| Spoken language | English |
| Instruments |
Voice
- Female ;
Sopranino clarinet (Eb clarinet, D clarinet) Cello Harp |
| Autotranslations beta |
Luciano Berio: Chamber Music Luciano Berio: Chamber Music Luciano Berio: Chamber Music |