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What excerpts may be classified as chamber music?

Here are some examples of works classified as chamber music, along with their instrumentation:

1. String Quartet No. 14 in C♯ minor, Op. 131 by Ludwig van Beethoven (two violins, viola, cello)

2. Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 by Felix Mendelssohn (violin, cello, piano)

3. Sonata for Flute and Piano in E-flat major, K. 376 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (flute, piano)

4. Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (clarinet, two violins, viola, cello)

5. Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44 by Robert Schumann (piano, two violins, viola, cello)

6. String Trio in C major, Op. 9, No. 3 by Franz Schubert (violin, viola, cello)

7. Piano Quartet No. 3 in C major, Op. 60 by Johannes Brahms (violin, viola, cello, piano)

8. Trio for Violin, Horn, and Piano in E-flat major, Op. 40 by Johannes Brahms (violin, horn, piano)

9. Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, Op. 65 by Frédéric Chopin (cello, piano)

10. String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96 "American" by Antonín Dvořák (two violins, viola, cello)

11. Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67 by Dmitri Shostakovich (violin, cello, piano)

12. Clarinet Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 120, No. 2 by Johannes Brahms (clarinet, piano)

13. Suite for Cello and Piano, Op. 25 by Bohuslav Martinů (cello, piano)

14. Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56b by Johannes Brahms (two violins, viola, cello, double bass, two horns, clarinet, flute, bassoon, trumpet)

15. Septet in E-flat major, Op. 20 by Ludwig van Beethoven (violin, viola, cello, double bass, clarinet, bassoon, horn)

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