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Short movement between major parts of a symphony
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intermezzo
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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 ).
WordNet
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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: ...
Wikipedia
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Intermezzo , Op. 72, is an opera in two acts by Richard Strauss to his own German libretto, described as a Bürgerliche Komödie mit sinfonischen Zwischenspielen (bourgeois comedy with symphonic interludes). It premiered at the Dresden Semperoper on 4 November ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A short piece of music or act in the interval of the main spectacle; a theatrical interlude.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Intermezzo \In`ter*mez"zo\, n. [It. See Intermede .] (Mus.) An interlude; an intermede. See Intermede .
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.