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Short musical work
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intermezzo
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Intermezzo (also called Intermezzo: A Love Story ) (1939) is a romantic film made in the USA by Selznick International Pictures and nominated for two Academy Awards . It was directed by Gregory Ratoff and produced by David O. Selznick . It is a remake of ...
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n. a short movement coming between the major sections of a symphony a short piece of instrumental music composed for performance between acts of a drama or opera a brief show (music or dance etc) performed between the sections of another performance [syn: ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1834, from Italian intermezzo "short dramatic performance between the acts of a play or opera," literally "that which is between," from Latin intermedius (see intermediate ).
Usage examples of intermezzo.
Nel vostro rapporto non avete fatto alcun cenno degli intermezzi personali con la giovane signora.
A group of acrobats waited to go on at the intermezzo, a crowd of jesters in red tights, caps and dagged collars studded with little gold bells.
The audience outside demanded the intermezzo entertainment with a steady rhythmic clap.
There were no more incidents like the intermezzo of groveling which had shaken Paul to his very foundations just a couple of months before.
Elsewhere in my Autobiography I have told how the Intermezzo and the Largo came to be associated in my heart with Susy and Livy in their last hours in this life.