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1. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › preludePrelude Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   Learn the meaning, synonyms, examples, and history of the word prelude, which can be a noun or a verb. A prelude is an introductory performance, action, or event, or a musical section or movement.

2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishPRELUDE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Learn the meaning of prelude as an introduction or a musical piece, with examples from various sources. Find out how to say prelude in different languages with the translator tool.

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4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Prelude_(music)Prelude (music) - Wikipedia

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   A prelude (German: Präludium or Vorspiel; Latin: praeludium; French: prélude; Italian: preludio) is a short piece of music, the form of which may vary from piece to piece. [1] [2] While, during the Baroque era , for example, it may have served as an introduction to succeeding movements of a work that were usually longer and more complex, it ...

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   noun. a preliminary to an action, event, condition, or work of broader scope and higher importance. Synonyms: beginning, opening, introduction. any action, event, comment, etc. that precedes something else. Music. a relatively short, independent instrumental composition, free in form and resembling an improvisation.

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   A prelude is an introductory action, event, or performance that comes before a bigger or more momentous one. It is made of up the prefix pre- meaning "before," and the Latin root ludere meaning "play."

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   What is a prelude noun?

   • Definition of prelude noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary a short piece of music, especially an introduction to a longer piece prelude (to something) an action or event that happens before another more important one and forms an introduction to it This is just a prelude to a larger attack.

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   What is a prelude in music?

   • : a musical section or movement introducing the theme or chief subject (as of a fugue or suite) or serving as an introduction to an opera or oratorio : a separate concert piece usually for piano or orchestra and based entirely on a short motif : to serve as a prelude to : to play as a prelude

   Prelude Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   What is a lute prelude?

   • The preludes begin almost invariably with a single motif in one of the voices which is then treated imitatively for a bar or two. Later unmeasured lute preludes retained the improvisatory character of the genre but became more complex and lengthy. Unmeasured preludes flourished into full-fledged compositions by the middle of the 17th century.

   PRELUDE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   When did keyboard preludes start?

   • Keyboard preludes started appearing in the 17th century in France: unmeasured preludes, in which the duration of each note is left to the performer, were used as introductory movements in harpsichord suites.

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9. www.britannica.com › art › prelude-musicPrelude | Classical, Baroque, Romantic | Britannica

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   Learn about prelude, a brief introduction to a larger musical piece, and its variations in different styles and genres. Explore the preludes of Bach, Chopin, Debussy, and others, and the binary form of many songs and instrumental pieces.