musical interludes
Songs bridging acts
Musical interludes are short pieces of music inserted between longer sections of a performance, ceremony, or broadcast.
In church services, an interlude fills time between hymns or readings.
In theater, it bridges scenes during set changes.
Radio and television use musical interludes as transitions: We'll be right back after this musical interlude.
- intermezzoBrief linking musical passage
- entr'acteBreak between acts
- act breakPause between play sections
- transitionChange from one state
- preludeIntroductory piece or event
scene change · bridge · coda · cadenza · solo · opera · concert · modulation · symphony · interval · refrain · intro · recital · passage · piano · vamp · harmony · riff
- production musicunderscore, cues, soundtrack, soundtracks, film scores
- Masquesmasques, Inigo Jones, Whitehall, scenic design, stage machinery
- kids' bookschildren's literature, storybooks, picture books, easy readers, bedtime stories
structural role in performance
musical interludesmain act
Featured performance of evening
centerpiece · main event · star turn · finale · showstopper