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Interlude

Interlude Meaning & Definition
Interlude Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Interlude?

[n] a brief show (music or dance etc) performed between the sections of another performance
[n] an intervening period or episode
[v] perform an interlude, as on a musical instrument
[v] occur as an interlude

Synonyms | Synonyms for Interlude: entr'acte | intermezzo

Related Terms | Find terms related to Interlude: abeyance | act | afterpiece | anacrusis | bass passage | bit | bourdon | break | breath | breather | breathing place | breathing space | breathing spell | breathing time | bridge | burden | cadence | caesura | cease-fire | chaser | chorus | cigarette break | cocktail hour | coda | coffee break | curtain | curtain call | curtain raiser | day off | development | divertimento | divertissement | division | downtime | drop | enforced respite | epilogue | episode | exode | exodus | exposition | expository scene | figure | finale | folderol | gap | half time | half-time intermission | halt | happy hour | harmonic close | hesitation | hiatus | hoke act | holiday | idyll | interim | intermezzo | intermission | intermittence | interregnum | interruption | interval | introduction | introductory phrase | lacuna | lapse | layoff | letup | lull | meantime | meanwhile | measure | movement | musical phrase | musical sentence | number | off-time | ornament | parenthesis | part | passage | pause | period | phrase | plateau | point of repose | prologue | quiet spell | recess | refrain | relief | remission | resolution | respite | response | rest | resting point | ritornello | routine | scene | section | shtick | sketch | skit | song and dance | spell | stand-down | stand-up comedy act | stanza | statement | stay | stop | stoppage | strain | striptease | surcease | suspension | tailpiece | tea break | time off | time out | truce | turn | tutti | tutti passage | vacation | variation | verse | wait

See Also | entr'acte | interval | occur | perform | show | time interval

Interlude In Webster's Dictionary

\In`ter*lude\, n. [OE. enterlude, LL. interludium; LL. inter between + ludus play, fr. ludere to play: cf. F. interlude. See {Ludicrous}.] 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. (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.

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