Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A chiefly 18th-century form of instrumental chamber music having several short movements.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In music: A dance interpolated in an opera; an entr'acte.
- noun A piece of chamber music, made up of several movements rather loosely combined; a suite or sonata (in the older sense).
- noun A potpourri or fantasia.
- noun A free episode in a fugue.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mus.) A light and pleasing composition.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun In music, a
composition that has many shortmovements , a style thatcomposers started to use in the Eighteenth Century.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a musical composition in several movements; has no fixed form
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I have begun various cassations [a kind of divertimento], so I have thus responded to your desire.
The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mozart, Wolfgang A 1864
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I have begun various cassations [a kind of divertimento], so I have thus responded to your desire.
The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1773
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For example, a piece from modernist composer Charles Ives is linked with a tall wooden chair designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, a tea table with a Mozart string "divertimento" (the very music upper-class, early 19th-century diners might have been listening to), and a soothing section of Brahms 'second symphony with a comfortable-looking easy chair.
Madison.com - top 2009
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Dignita, dovere e divertimento, I like to say: dignity, duty and fun.
Diego Della Valle Darrell Hartman 2011
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Los videojuegos están presentes en nuestras vidas para el divertimento, al igual que la TV, y los juegos de ordenador.
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Ah, the divertimento in E, a rhapsody on a theme by Epsilon Oh she's from Singapore!
Could a Black Hole Fit in Your Computer or In Your Pocket? | Universe Today 2009
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KUHN: North Korea watchers say that this symphonic diplomacy could be a distraction, or should we say a divertimento, from the more pressing issue of nuclear disarmament.
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February 29, 2008 at 11:09 am divertimento fur D no time fur teh rest. moosickle peepls, halp!
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February 29, 2008 at 11:10 am divertimento etude fanfare
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KUHN: North Korea watchers say that this symphonic diplomacy could be a distraction, or should we say a divertimento, from the more pressing issue of nuclear disarmament.
chained_bear commented on the word divertimento
"'Still,' said Jack, 'I am sure the Doctor's divertimento in C major will ...' He almost said 'divert our minds' but in fact ended with 'prove a compensation.'"
--Patrick O'Brian, The Nutmeg of Consolation, 262
March 9, 2008