interlude

Etymology

Latin inter- (“between”) + ludo (“to play”)

noun

1. An intervening episode, etc.
2. An entertainment between the acts of a play.
3. (music) A short piece put between the parts of a longer composition.

verb

1. (transitive) To provide with an interlude.
   Jimmy Jam, co-producer of Ms. Jackson’s heavily interluded and influential 1989 album, “Rhythm Nation 1814” (and producer of a forthcoming album by Usher with interludes), also defended them. February 18, 2007, Tammy La Gorce, “Between Songs, Interludes That Fall Upon Deaf Ears”, in New York Times