"character piece" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: character pieces [plural]
Etymology: Calque of German Charakterstück. Etymology templates: {{clq|en|de|Charakterstück}} Calque of German Charakterstück Head templates: {{en-noun}} character piece (plural character pieces)
  1. (music) A musical composition that expresses a specific mood or non-musical idea. Categories (topical): Music Related terms: program music
    Sense id: en-character_piece-en-noun-X~cSokYX Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  2. A work of art (painting, sculpture, writing, film, etc.) that has as its subject matter the description or depiction of an individual person or character.
    Sense id: en-character_piece-en-noun-c9oUPtdR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63

Inflected forms

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