Most often describes an instrumental piece played in the middle of an opera Can also describe a short piano piece, or a comic interlude played between scenes of an opera. its meaning has developed over the centuries During the Renaissance, it described li
Short, lyric piece or movement, often for piano Also a comic interlude performed between acts of an eighteenth-century opera seria. 1 A short, lyrical instrumental piece either part of a larger work or as an independent composition 2 Comical musical enter
Two meanings: A short comic opera, usually with just two or three characters and lasting less than a half hour. a short movement coming between the major sections of a symphony. a short piece of instrumental music composed for performance between acts of
