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An intermezzo is a musical composition which fits between other musical or dramatic entities, such as acts of a play or opera, or movements of a larger musical work.

Intermezzo may also refer to:

Music

• intermedio, an Italian spectacle with music and dance
• Intermezzo (Strauss), an opera by Richard Strauss premiered in 1924
• Intermezzo in modo classico, Mussorgsky
• Intermezzo, organ composition by Jehan Alain (1911-1940)
• Intermezzo, organ composition by Herbert Sumsion (1899-1995)
• "Intermeco", national anthem of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• "Intermezzo No. 1", an ABBA instrumental track from their 1975 self-titled album
• Intermezzo (album)
• "Intermezzo", a song by the Sword from the 2017 album Used Future

Other arts, entertainment and media

Literature

• Intermezzo (novel), a 2024 novel by Sally Rooney

Theatre

• InterMezzo (play), a 1933 play by Jean Giraudoux

Film

• Intermezzo (1936 film), a 1936 Swedish language film starring Ingrid Bergman and Gösta Ekman
• Intermezzo (1939 film), a 1939 English language remake of the 1936 film starring Ingrid Bergman and Leslie Howard

Other uses

• Intermezzo (chess), a chess tactic, more commonly called a Zwischenzug
• InterMezzo (file system), a file system for Linux
• Intermezzo (zolpidem tartrate), a prescription medication used for the treatment of insomnia associated with "early awakening"
• Intermezzo (horse), a thoroughbred racehorse
• Iranian Intermezzo, a period in Iranian history which saw the rise of various native Iranian Muslim dynasties.

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