Interlude Explained

Interlude may refer to:

a short play or, in general, any representation between parts of a larger stage production
Entr'acte, a piece of music performed between acts of a theatrical production
a section in a movement of a musical piece, see: Bridge or Break
a piece of music composed of one or more movements, to be inserted between sections of another composition: see also intermezzo, and for the Baroque era, sinfonia

Music

Albums

Interlude (Billy Taylor album), 1961
Interlude (Toshiko Akiyoshi album), 1987
Interlude (Kool Moe Dee album), 1994
Interlude (EP), a 1999 EP by Iron Savior
Interlude (Saint Etienne album), 2001
Interlude (David Lyttle album), 2012
Interlude (Delain album), 2013
Interlude (Jamie Cullum album), 2014

Songs

Many albums contain songs titled "Interlude", or acted as an interlude. Notable songs are listed below.

"Interlude" (aka "A Night in Tunisia"), a 1942 composition by Dizzy Gillespie
"Interlude" (1957 song), a Skinner/Webster song recorded by the McGuire Sisters in 1957
"Interlude" (Timi Yuro song), 1968, later covered by Morrissey and Siouxsie in 1994
"A Thousand Miles" (originally "Interlude"), by Vanessa Carlton, 2002
"Repeat After Me (Interlude)", by the Weeknd, 2020
"Interlude" (J. Cole song), 2021

Films

Interlude (1946 film), Swedish film directed by Hasse Ekman and starring Viveca Lindfors and Erik Berglund
Interlude (1957 film) an American film directed by Douglas Sirk and starring June Allyson and Rossano Brazzi
Interlude (1968 film), a British film directed by Kevin Billington and starring Oskar Werner and Barbara Ferris

Other uses

Morality play, a modern critical term describing medieval and early Tudor theatrical entertainments that were known as "Interludes"
Interlude (visual novel), a 2003 anime and visual novel by Longshot
Interlude, an interactive media production company, now known as Eko

See also