Divertimento

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A chiefly 18th-century form of instrumental chamber music having several short movements. Also called divertissement.
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  • n. In music, a composition that has many short movements, a style that composers started to use in the Eighteenth Century.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A light and pleasing composition.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In music: A dance interpolated in an opera; an entr'acte.
  • n. A piece of chamber music, made up of several movements rather loosely combined; a suite or sonata (in the older sense).
  • n. A potpourri or fantasia.
  • n. A free episode in a fugue.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a musical composition in several movements; has no fixed form
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    musical composition    composition    piece    piece of music    opus   
    Variant
    divertimenti   
     
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