Hypertext Webster Gateway: "intermezzo"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Intermezzo \In`ter*mez"zo\, n. [It. See {Intermede}.] (Mus.)
An interlude; an intermede. See {Intermede}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
intermezzo
n 1: a short movement coming between the major sections of a
symphony
2: a short piece of instrumental music composed for performance
between acts of a drama or opera
3: a brief show (music or dance etc) performed between the
sections of another performance [syn: {interlude}, {entr'acte}]
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