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‖ intermezzo|ɪntəˈmɛdzəʊ, -mɛtsəʊ|
Pl. -i |-i|, -os |-əʊz|. Also 9 intermez.
[It. intermezzo, more popular form of intermedio: see intermede. With the form intermez, cf. obs. F. intermèze, -mèse (16th c. in Littré), ad. the Italian word.]
1. a. A short dramatic, musical, or other performance, of a light and pleasing character, introduced between the acts of a drama or opera (or, subsequently, in the latter half of the 18th c., performed independently, and merging in the Opera Buffa). b. A short movement serving as a connecting link between the main divisions of a large musical work, instrumental or vocal; sometimes used for an independent piece of similar character.
1771[see bad a. 1 c]. [ 1811Busby Dict. Mus. (ed. 3), Intermezzi (Ital.), the name given by the Italians to interludes, or detached dances, introduced between the acts of an opera.] 1834Beckford Italy II. 213 (Stanf.) The entertainment ended with a sort of intermez. 1840Penny Cycl. XVI. 441/2 s.v. Opera, In July, 1703, Italian intermezzi, or ‘interludes and musical entertainments of singing and dancing’, were performed at York Buildings. 1880W. S. Rockstro in Grove Dict. Mus. II. 8 Almost all the earlier Italian plays were relieved by Intermezzi. 1883Pall Mall G. 12 Oct. 4/1 The composer's predilection for instrumental music has shown itself in the so-called intermezzos which are freely interspersed through the three sections.
2. transf. An interval; an ‘episode’.
1851Carlyle Sterling iii. iv. (1872) 198 A little intermezzo of ramble was not unadvisable. 1875N. Amer. Rev. CXX. 264 The purgatorial intermezzo of the Catholic church. 1897Q. Rev. Oct. 356 Impatient, bewildered, expectant in an atmosphere of intermezzo. |