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Definition of Interlude
Interlude
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.

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.

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.

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Interlude Translations
interlude in German is Vorprogramm, Zwischenprogramm, Zwischenspiel
interlude in Norwegian is mellomspill, pause
interlude in Spanish is interludio
interlude in Swedish is mellanspel


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