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'', a piece of music performed between acts of a theatrical production *a section in a movement of a musical piece, see:

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, and for the Baroque era,

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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

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, 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 (painting), a 1963 painting by John Koch *Interlude, an interactive media production company, now known as Eko

Music

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