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Comic operatic interlude
- The intermezzo, in the 18th century, was a comic operatic interlude inserted between acts or scenes of an opera seria.
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In music, an intermezzo (/ ˌ ɪ n t ər ˈ m ɛ t s oʊ /, Italian pronunciation: [interˈmɛddzo], plural form: intermezzi), in the most general sense, is a composition which fits between other musical or dramatic entities, such as acts of a play or movements of a larger musical work.
May 11, 2018 · intermezzo (mus.) piece intervening between two main parts of a composition.
Probably the most famous of Commedia characters, Arlecchino is a good-hearted and well-intentioned buffoon. He can be crafty and clever, but is never malicious. COLOMBINA is a clever female servant with a keen and active wit and able to hold her own in every situation and emerge triumphant from the most complicated intrigues.
This word has undergone several changes in application, viz., (1) Originally, in 16th‐cent. It., a mus. entertainment interpolated between sections of more serious fare, such as songs or madrigals, or between the acts of a play. Earliest recorded was at Florence 1539.
May 29, 2013 · Abstract. The comic intermezzo currently holds a prominent place in the historiography of eighteenth-century music. The comic music contained in these short entertainments provides evidence of a burgeoning musical style that came to dominate the opera house and the chamber in the Age of Enlightenment.
- Keith Johnston
- 2013
Intermezzo is a term that refers to a separate piece that plays in between acts -- especially for a musical performance like opera.
INTERMEZZO definition: 1. a short piece of music written to be played on its own or as part of a longer piece 2. a short…. Learn more.
