interpolation

mastery
UK /ɪnˌtɜː.pəˈleɪʃən/ US /ɪnˌtɝ.pəˈleɪʃən/noun

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The melody itself is an interpolation of “The Streets of Cairo,” an Orientalist Tin Pan Alley song originally published in 1895.