!!!Kammermusik

Chamber Music: not only the large Austrian orchestras (the Vienna 
Philharmonic Orchestra, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the Linz 
Bruckner Orchestra, the Niederoestereichische Tonkuenstler, the 
Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra etc.) and the famous choral societies but 
also small ensembles have contributed enormously to the development of 
the Austrian music tradition. Since the early 19%%sup th/%  century 
string quartets like the Schuppanzigh Quartet, the Rose Quartet, the 
Hellmesberger Quartet (today: Alban-Berg Quartet), the Hagen Quartet, 
the Kuechl Quartet, the Artis Quartet, etc.) have been 
long-established traditional music ensembles. In addition there are 
numerous specialised ensembles, in particular groups devoted to 
ancient music, that have acquired an international reputation 
(Concentus Musicus Vienna, Clemencic Consort, Concilium musicum, the 
Wiener Akademie, Gamerith Consort, Camerata Academica Salzburg etc.). 
The most important chamber orchestras in Austria are: the Vienna 
Chamber Orchestra, the First Women´s Chamber Orchestra and the 
Innsbruck Chamber Orchestra (Camerata Academica).

!Literature
H. Goertz, Musikhandbuch fuer Oesterreich, 1989.


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