Usage Note
Zwischenaktmusik is instrumental music performed during the interval between acts, either to fill the pause or to maintain dramatic atmosphere. Famous examples include Bizet's Carmen entr'actes; it is also called Entr'acte in German programme notes.
Examples
"Die Zwischenaktmusik bereitete das Publikum sanft auf den nächsten Akt vor."
Natural Translation
The interlude music gently prepared the audience for the next act.
Literal Translation
The between-act-music prepared the audience gently for the next act.
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