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The musical term '''Intermezzo''' has had a varied life.
It began in the sixteenth century as a light-hearted or comic interlude between parts of something larger and more dramatic or tragic. It could be musical, or a short comic play. From this, the comic opera, that popular art form that would be immortalised by the Strausses, [[Offenbach]] and [[Gilbert and Sullivan]] would grow. Short instrumental, orchestral or vocal acts, or even ballet scenes, were still performed between parts of larger works.
The most famous theatrical ''intermezzo'' is in [[ Pietro Mascagni]]’s one act [[opera]] ''Cavalleria Rusticana'' and serves to signify the passage of time, whilst maintaining the dramatic tension.
In 18th century Germany, an ''intermezzo'' began to appear amid the formal dance movements in a [[Suite]], usually between the last two movements and in the 19th, composers such as [[Mendelssohn]] and [[Brahms]] used the term for movements within chamber works.
Also in the 19th century, composers such as [[Schumann]] and Brahms cast it completely away from its original intent and used the term to describe an independent short piano piece that could just as easily been given the title [[Capriccio]] or [[Fantasia]].
There are other names for it such as "Interlude" as in [[Benjamin Britten]]'s ''Four Sea Interludes'' in the opera "Peter Grimes". Some composers have used the term, ''Entr'acte''.
[[Category: Musical terms]]
It began in the sixteenth century as a light-hearted or comic interlude between parts of something larger and more dramatic or tragic. It could be musical, or a short comic play. From this, the comic opera, that popular art form that would be immortalised by the Strausses, [[Offenbach]] and [[Gilbert and Sullivan]] would grow. Short instrumental, orchestral or vocal acts, or even ballet scenes, were still performed between parts of larger works.
The most famous theatrical ''intermezzo'' is in [[ Pietro Mascagni]]’s one act [[opera]] ''Cavalleria Rusticana'' and serves to signify the passage of time, whilst maintaining the dramatic tension.
In 18th century Germany, an ''intermezzo'' began to appear amid the formal dance movements in a [[Suite]], usually between the last two movements and in the 19th, composers such as [[Mendelssohn]] and [[Brahms]] used the term for movements within chamber works.
Also in the 19th century, composers such as [[Schumann]] and Brahms cast it completely away from its original intent and used the term to describe an independent short piano piece that could just as easily been given the title [[Capriccio]] or [[Fantasia]].
There are other names for it such as "Interlude" as in [[Benjamin Britten]]'s ''Four Sea Interludes'' in the opera "Peter Grimes". Some composers have used the term, ''Entr'acte''.
[[Category: Musical terms]]