character piece

American  

noun

Music.

1. a short, simple piece, usually for piano, of a type developed chiefly during the 19th century, often of a descriptive or seemingly improvisatory character.

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Example Sentences

Chinese director Zhang Lu’s contemporary drama “The Shadowless Tower” is a gently enigmatic character piece that resists telling you too much about its characters.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2024

This is not a deep character piece but rather a group project, one in which we barely know the other members of the team.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2023

"It's more effective as a jukebox musical than a character piece, but the central performance and those amazing songs pull it all together," added The Wrap's Elizabeth Weitzman.

From BBC • Sep. 8, 2021

It’s wildly funny, along with being a well-crafted mystery and a keenly observed character piece.

From New York Times • Sep. 11, 2020

A refreshing thing in its way, a little showy, as everything that related to her was, and inclined to arouse jealousy in those not so liberally endowed by life, but fine as a character piece.

From The Titan by Dreiser, Theodore