Meaning of INTERLUDE
Pronunciation: | | 'intur`lood
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- [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
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| Synonyms: | | entr'acte, intermezzo |
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| See Also: | | entr'acte, interval, occur, perform, show, time interval | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \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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