divertimento

Noun

Meaning

A light and pleasing composition.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

serenade nocturne exodus chaser number music play show act song epilogue intermezzo scene introduction escape
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Antonyms

beginning opposition vicious cycle

Hypernyms

opus piece composition musical composition piece of music

Related terms

divertissement

Derivatives

-ti divertimenti

Examples

The moment the curtain rose on that first ballet, I knew something wonderful and new had come into my life. I can still see the first scene. The ballet was Divertimento No. 15. Robert Caro

This is the 2nd movement of his Divertimento in E-flat major - KV 113. The "normal" orchestra ensemble—a body of strings supplemented by winds—and movements of particular rhythmic character were established by the late 1750s in Vienna. Source: Internet

There was "Divertimento No. 15," with the dancers engaged in Mozart's music as though breathing in it, floating on its airiness, living in its pauses. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

diverticulosis diverticulum divertimenti diverting divertingly divertingness