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interlude
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Interlude \In`ter*lude\, n. [OE. enterlude, LL. interludium; LL. inter between + ludus play, fr. ludere to play: cf. F. interlude. See Ludicrous.]
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A short entertainment exhibited on the stage between the acts of a play, or between the play and the afterpiece, to relieve the tedium of waiting.
Dreams are but interludes, which fancy makes When monarch reason sleeps.
--Dryden. A form of English drama or play, usually short, merry, and farcical, which succeeded the Moralities or Moral Plays in the transition to the romantic or Elizabethan drama.
(Mus.) A short piece of instrumental music played between the parts of a song or cantata, or the acts of a drama; especially, in church music, a short passage played by the organist between the stanzas of a hymn, or in German chorals after each line.
Hence: Any intervening period of time, space, etc.; a pause between phases of an activity.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. 1 An intervening episode, etc. 2 An entertainment between the acts of a play. 3 (context music English) A short piece put between the parts of a longer composition. vb. (context transitive English) To provide with an interlude.
WordNet
n. an intervening period or episode
a brief show (music or dance etc) performed between the sections of another performance [syn: intermezzo, entr'acte]
v. perform an interlude; "The guitar player interluded with a beautiful improvisation"
Wikipedia
Interlude may refer to:
- a short play (theatre) or, in general, any representation between parts of a larger stage production
- Entr'acte, a piece of music performed between acts of a theatrical production, or a short play-within-a-play within a larger theatrical work
- Morality play, a modern critical term describing Medieval and early Tudor theatrical entertainments that were known as "Interludes"
- a section in a movement of a musical piece, see: Bridge (music) or Break (music)
- a piece of music composed of one or more movements, to be inserted between sections of another composition: see also intermezzo, and for the Baroque era: sinfonia
- a short film in the 1950/60s used as a filler between BBC TV programmes and to provide an alternative to a caption during periods of technical failure.
"Interlude" is a popular song written by Frank Skinner with lyrics by Paul Francis Webster. It was recorded by the McGuire Sisters in 1957 and released as the flip side of Around the World.
Interlude is a stage illusion where one person appears to pass through the torso of another (the effect is also referred to as the "A Frame"). Invented by Jim Steinmeyer with collaboration of John Gaughan and Jonathan Pendragon, and was originally staged, choreographed and performed by The Pendragons, it has since become a part of many illusionists' routines, including David Copperfield and Siegfried & Roy.
'' Interlude'' is the fifth studio album released by emcee Kool Moe Dee. The album failed to regain Moe Dee much of the success and popularity he had in the mid-80's. It is his last studio album to date, and unlike many of his previous releases, it did not contain any disses or responses to his rival LL Cool J.
Interlude is a jazz trio album recorded by pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi in San Francisco in 1987. It was released on the Concord Jazz record label.
Interlude is a 1968 British drama film directed by Kevin Billington.
Interlude is an EP by the German power metal band Iron Savior, composed of five live tracks, four new songs, and one cover. The live tracks were recorded at the 1998 Wacken Open Air festival during the tour promoting their first album, Iron Savior. The new songs return to the ongoing science fiction story that began on the debut album and continued on the band's second album Unification. "Desert Plains" is a cover of Judas Priest's song from the album Point of Entry.
is an anime and visual novel by Longshot told in parallel novel style that follows the events around three women. Interlude was originally released for the Sega Dreamcast on March 13, 2003, a rare occurrence for visual novels, as most are released for the PC first. PlayStation 2 and PC ports were later also released. The PS2 version received a 'The Best' budget price re-release on March 1, 2007.
Interlude is an album by Saint Etienne. Released by Sub Pop in the US and Mantra (under licence from Sub Pop) in Canada, this 2001 collection featured UK b-sides and extra songs left over from the recording sessions for their 2000 album, Sound of Water.
The CD release featured two "bonus beats". The first is the single mix of "Boy Is Crying" done by Welsh dance act Hybrid; the second is the Trouser Enthusiast remix of "Lose That Girl", which was prepared for the track's (eventually shelved) single release.
The b-side tracks are also available on the Sound of Water reissue bonus disc, while the other tracks are also available on Finisterre reissue bonus disc.
"Interlude" is a single by Morrissey and Siouxsie Sioux released in August 1994. It was presented under the banner of "Morrissey & Siouxsie".
This collaboration was included in Spin magazine's list of the top 10 "one-off team-ups" of all time. The cover is a cropped version of the photograph Girl Jiving in Southam St. by Roger Mayne, the model being Eileen Sheekey.
Interlude is a 1957 American film directed by Douglas Sirk and starring June Allyson, Rossano Brazzi, Marianne Koch, Françoise Rosay.
Interlude is an album by American jazz pianist Billy Taylor featuring tracks recorded in 1961 and released on the Moodsville label.
Interlude is a compilation album by the Dutch symphonic metal band Delain.
The album is described in a press release as "a fantastic blend of brand-new songs, special versions and mixes of popular Delain tracks, covers, and the single 'Are You Done With Me'. Interlude also includes a special DVD featuring exclusive live footage and clips from the band's career.
Interlude is the third studio album by Northern Irish musician, songwriter and record producer David Lyttle.
Interlude is a media and technology company that enables production and web distribution of selectable, interactive multimedia videos. It is most widely known for the Sony interactive music video for Bob Dylan's Like A Rolling Stone. Interlude was founded in 2010.
Usage examples of "interlude".
So this was what it came to, Ebdus the bridge between Ashcan school schlock and photorealist dragons, a momentary interlude.
February the transports completed loading troops and equipment, and the pleasant Biak interlude was over.
There followed an interlude of some hours during which the kettle merely boiled, and threw off a column of steam that rose high over Diu and drifted away into the blue sky over the sea.
He reviewed the mission plan several dozen times yet again while composing a complex contrapuntal string interlude based on large prime numbers and the mathematical constructs of Leonardo Fibonacci and Jean Baptiste Fourier.
Her 222 Interlude In Time hands gripped the footpost as she stared at him.
The interlude might even help in his other plan to be restrained in all things despite what the other aspirant Mohocks might do.
For a fleeting interlude the prospect of truly nonpartisan cooperation between them appeared attainable.
When his teaching credentials proved nontransferable to Colorado without a several-thousand-dollar investment in further courses, he managed a Burger King for five years and spent a brief interlude as a paralegal before settling on real estate.
Once strong and free in the plays of Aeschylus and his compeers, hampered and constantly under guidance but still dignified and noble in the Senecan drama, Tragedy now found herself debased and almost caricatured in the English Interlude stage.
One especially persistent machine took advantage of the interlude to score three hits on his back, which triggered the audible alarm, and pushed his shield to the very edge.
Chapter III, shows us that in 1589 a sacred representation had an orchestra of viols, lutes, horns and organ, that it played an interlude with special music composed by Luca Bati, and that it also accompanied a solo allotted to the Deity.
IV nurse slid his transparent catheters into the carotids and jugulars in preparation for the dangerous interlude between bodies when the heart-lung machine would have to take over.
Estimates based on recent episodes of male unrest, six, ten, and thirteen decades ago, lead savants at the Institute for Sociological Trends to suggest that this somewhat more severe interlude may not pass in time to prevent short-term economic loss to many of our subscribers.
Laughing at the imagined antics of the gnats in the comic interludes, she tried the ring of the old heroic meters and began searching out metaphors and fit similes to celebrate the courage and the triumph of her first-hatched forager.
He was distracted from this interlude of austere self-veneration by the awareness that the sheet of paper on which he was calculating was not perfectly flat, containing many distortions in the form of furrows and grooves, meager ravines, curvature rampant from point to point.