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intermezzo

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intermezzo (ĭntərmĕt`sō, –mĕd`zō).

1 Any theatrical entertainment of a light nature performed between the divisions of a longer, more serious work.

2 In the 17th and 18th cent., a short independent comic scene with everyday characters was interpolated between acts of serious operas. In the 18th cent. it developed into opera buffa (see opera opera, drama set to music.

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The libretto may be serious or comic, although neither form necessarily excludes elements of the other. Opera differs from operetta in its musical complexity and usually in its subject matter.
..... Click the link for more information. ); a famous example is Pergolesi Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista (jōvän`nē bät-tēs`tä pārgōlā`zē)
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3 In the 19th cent., a short independent piece having the character of an interlude, or a movement of such character in a larger work such as a symphony or sonata. It was a favorite form of Schumann and Brahms.
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