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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character piece

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

Like many improvised schemes, this takes some turns, and the season fleshes out the kids in a laid-back, observant character piece.

From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2022

"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

The Austin Powers vibes offer a sense of stakes to the script, which clearly originated as a character piece for Wiig and Mumolo.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2021

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