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‖ intermedio, n. Mus.|intəˈmɛdɪəʊ, -meɪdɪəʊ|
Pl. intermedi, (repr. early It. forms) intermedii.
[It.: see intermede n.]
In the 15th–17th cent., a musical interlude to a dramatic entertainment, esp. one performed between the acts of a play. Cf. intermezzo n.
Orig. an off-stage instrumental interlude, later intermedi were often elaborate stagings of allegorical, pastoral, or mythological themes with costumed singers and dancers, and are sometimes regarded as the precursor of opera.
1876Stainer & Barrett Dict. Mus. Terms 241/1 Intermède (Fr.) Intermedio (It.), an interlude. 1933E. K. Chambers Eng. Folk-Play 151 A Moresca or Morisco first appears in the fifteenth century among the dances used as intermedii in the courtly ludi of Italy, Burgundy, and France. 1968[see opera buffa s.v. opera n. 3]. 1976D. Munrow Instruments Middle Ages & Renaissance 49/1 A similar combination was used in Corteccia's music to the Florentine intermedii of 1465. 1980Early Music Jan. 85/1 The six intermedi devised to go with Bargagli's comedy La Pellegrina at the 1589 marriage of Ferdinando de' Medici and Christine of Lorraine are very dear to various groups of specialists. |