Interlude : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Interlude	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
interlude n an intervening period or episode a brief show (music or dance etc) inserted between the sections of a longer performance Synonym(s): interlude, intermezzo, entr'acte v perform an interlude; "The guitar player interluded with a beautiful improvisation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Interlude \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.