1. interlude - Noun
2. interlude - Verb
A short entertainment exhibited on the stage between the acts of a play, or between the play and the afterpiece, to relieve the tedium of waiting.
A form of English drama or play, usually short, merry, and farcical, which succeeded the Moralities or Moral Plays in the transition to the romantic or Elizabethan drama.
A short piece of instrumental music played between the parts of a song or cantata, or the acts of a drama; especially, in church music, a short passage played by the organist between the stanzas of a hymn, or in German chorals after each line.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe guitar player interluded with a beautiful improvisation Source: Internet
A brief interlude of peace ensued in 1802-3, during which Napoleon sold French Louisiana to the United States because it was indefensible. Source: Internet
A tragedy of unhappy love set in Switzerland; the most famous music is the interlude "The Walk to the Paradise Garden". Source: Internet
Cliff "Ukulele Ike" Edwards scatted an interlude on his 1923 "Old Fashioned Love" in lieu of using an instrumental soloist. Source: Internet
He briefly adopted a colorful, painterly style in 1943–44, an interlude known as his " Renoir Period", as a reaction to his feelings of alienation and abandonment that came with living in German-occupied Belgium. Source: Internet
"Both Welles and Leaming talked of Welles's life and the segment was a nostalgic interlude," wrote biographer Frank Brady. Source: Internet