Both Uses of
interlude
in
The Awakening, by Kate Chopin
- Mademoiselle played a soft interlude.†
Chpt 21 *
- Gradually and imperceptibly the interlude melted into the soft opening minor chords of the Chopin Impromptu.†
Chpt 21
Definitions:
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(1)
(interlude) a short period with an activity different than that occurring during longer periods before or after it
or:
music: brief music played between longer sections of a musical work -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, an interlude may not be shorter than the periods surrounding it, but may be less significant, as in "the quiet summer interlude between political conventions." Even more rarely, an interlude can specifically reference a brief theatrical or musical entertainment performed between acts of a play.