intermezzo
- n a short movement coming between the major sections of a symphony
- n a short piece of instrumental music composed for performance between acts of a drama or opera
- n a brief show (music or dance etc) inserted between the sections of a longer performance
- From their brief intermezzo of glory under Russia's exclusive occupation, they retained only one dull portfolio (Power Electricity) and three seats in Parliament.
- For one act the bassoon choir came out like monks and played an intermezzo; for another, little Carl Rink aped a violin prodigy while the other musicians played cards, rustled .
- And scattered throughout the galleries and acting as a unifying intermezzo is the sculptural furniture of Scott Burton.