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Definitions for: 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
Webster (1913) 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.
Synonyms: entr'acte, intermezzo
See Also: entr'acte, interval, occur, perform, show, time interval
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