Why is it die Kammermusik?

Kammermusik is a compound noun, and German compounds take the article of their last word: die Musik. So it’s die Kammermusik.

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Meaning

[1] "Instrumental music in ensembles of smaller size"

[1] „Instrumentalmusik in Ensembles von kleinerer Größe“

Examples

[1] "His main musical genera were mainly symphony, chamber music, ballet music and also Opera"

[1] „Seine musikalischen Hauptgattungen waren vor allem Sinfonie, Kammermusik, Ballettmusik und auch Oper.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Kammermusik —
Genitiv der Kammermusik —
Dativ der Kammermusik —
Akkusativ die Kammermusik —

Pronunciation

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