A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Zwischenspiel

by George Grove

ZWISCHENSPIEL—something played between. The German term for Interlude. [See vol. ii. p. 7b.] That the term had sometimes a wider meaning than Interlude is evident from a notice in the 'Wiener Zeitung' for April 1, 1795, referring to the Concerto in B♭—'In the interval (zum Zwischenspiel), on the first evening, the famous Herr Beethoven won the unanimous applause of the public by an entirely new Pianoforte Concerto of his own.' Even at that early date he was der berühmte Herr Beethoven.

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