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Definition of Intermezzos
1. intermezzo [n] - See also: intermezzo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Intermezzos
Literary usage of Intermezzos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New International Encyclopaedia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1906)
"The intermezzos originally were short musical interludes or entr'actes which it
was customary in Italy to perform* between the acts of a tragedy. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1889): ...edited by Sir by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1890)
"76 ¡Capriccios and intermezzos) are highly characteristic of the master, ...
Some of the intermezzos, simple and touching, contrast pleasantly with ..."
3. The Elizabethan Playhouse: And Other Studies by William John Lawrence (1912)
"These preludes, interludes, intermezzos and terminal songs, being clearly identified
with child-players, cannot be taken as customary at all periods of ..."
4. The Necessary Evil: A One-act Stage Play for Four Persons: to be Played in by Charles Rann Kennedy (1913)
"One volume of Brahms—the one with the intermezzos—and the rest of it for you.
... HERON. Well, well, the Sonatas then; and devil take the intermezzos. ..."
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