Prelude may refer to:
Music
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Prelude (music)
A prelude ( or '; ; ; ) is a short piece of music, the form of which may vary from piece to piece. While, during the Baroque era, for example, it may have served as an introduction to succeeding movements of a work that were usually longer a ...
, a musical form
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Prelude (band), an English-based folk band
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Prelude Records (record label), a former New York-based dance independent record label
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Chorale prelude
In music, a chorale prelude or chorale setting is a short liturgical composition for pipe organ, organ using a chorale tune as its basis. It was a predominant style of the German Baroque music, Baroque era and reached its culmination in the works ...
, a short liturgical composition for organ using a chorale as its basis
Albums and songs
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''Prelude'' (Jack McDuff album), a 1963 album by jazz organist Brother Jack McDuff
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''Prelude'' (Deodato album), a 1973 album by Eumir Deodato
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''Prelude'' (The Moody Blues album), a 1987 album by The Moody Blues
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''Prelude'' (EP), a 2017 EP by April
*''Prelude'', a 2021 EP by
Lauren Jauregui
Lauren Michelle Jauregui Morgado (; born June 27, 1996) is an American singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence as a member of the girl group Fifth Harmony, which became one of the List of best-selling girl groups, best-selling girl groups ...
*"Prelude", a song by Flobots from ''
Flobots Present... Platypus''
*"Prelude", a song by Hieroglyphics from ''
Full Circle''
*"Prelude", an instrumental by Kate Bush from ''
Aerial''
*"Prelude", a song by Killswitch Engage from
''Killswitch Engage'' (2000 album)
*"Prelude", a song by the Oh Hellos from ''
Dear Wormwood''
*"Prelude", a song by Pete Townshend from ''
All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes''
*"Prelude", a song by the Sword from ''
Used Future
''Used Future'' is the sixth studio album by American heavy metal band the Sword. Recorded in late 2017 at Flora Recording & Playback in Portland, Oregon, it was produced by Tucker Martine and was released on March 23, 2018, by Razor & Tie.
Reco ...
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Musical works
'Prelude' is a very common term as a title of a musical piece, both classical and popular. Some specific preludes are:
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Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
''Prélude à l'Après-midi d'un faune'' ( L. 86), known in English as ''Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun'', is a symphonic poem for orchestra by Claude Debussy, approximately 10 minutes in duration. It was composed in 1894 and first performed ...
'', a popular orchestral piece by Debussy
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Prelude in C-sharp minor (Rachmaninoff)
Sergei Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C-sharp minor (), Op. 3, No. 2, is one of the composer's most famous compositions. Part of a set of five piano pieces titled '' Morceaux de fantaisie,'' it is a 62- bar prelude in ternary (ABA) form. It is also ...
, an 1892 piano work by Sergei Rachmaninoff
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Preludes (Chopin)
Frédéric Chopin wrote a number of preludes for piano solo. His cycle of 24 Preludes, Op. 28, covers all major and minor keys. In addition, Chopin wrote three other preludes: a prelude in C minor, Op. 45; a piece in A major from 1834; and an ...
, a set of 24 piano pieces by Frédéric Chopin, written between 1835 and 1839
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''Préludes'' (Debussy), two books of piano pieces by Claude Debussy written between 1909 and 1913
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Preludes (Kabalevsky), a set of 24 piano pieces, each based in a folk song
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''Preludes'' (musical), a 2015 musical by Dave Malloy
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Les préludes
LES or Les may refer to:
People
* Les (given name)
* Les (surname)
* L.E.S. (producer), hip hop producer
Space flight
* Launch Entry Suit, worn by Space Shuttle crews
* Launch escape system, for spacecraft emergencies
* Lincoln Experimental ...
'', a symphonic poem by Franz Liszt
Literature
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The Prelude
''The Prelude or, Growth of a Poet's Mind; An Autobiographical Poem '' is an autobiographical poem in blank verse by the English poet William Wordsworth. Intended as the introduction to the more philosophical poem ''The Recluse,'' which Wordswort ...
'', an epic poem by William Wordsworth
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"Prelude" (short story), a short story by New Zealand author Katherine Mansfield
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Prelude to Foundation
''Prelude to Foundation'' is a novel by American writer Isaac Asimov, published in 1988. It is one of two prequels to the ''Foundation'' series. For the first time, Asimov chronicles the fictional life of Hari Seldon, the man who invented p ...
'', a 1988 novel in Isaac Asimov's ''Foundation'' series
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''Preludes'' (Dragonlance series), two trilogies comprising a series of novels set in the Dragonlance world
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"Preludes" (poem), a poem by T. S. Eliot
Other uses
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"Prelude" (''Alias'' episode), in the TV spy drama series
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''Prelude'' (yacht), a trailer sailer designed by Ian Proctor
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Prelude FLNG
''Prelude'' FLNG is a floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) platform owned by Shell plc and built by the Technip–Samsung Consortium (TSC) in South Korea for a joint venture between Royal Dutch Shell, KOGAS, and Inpex. The hull was launch ...
, the world's largest floating liquefied natural gas platform
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Prelude SIEM (Intrusion Detection System)
Prelude SIEM is a Security information and event management (SIEM).
Prelude SIEM is a tool for driving IT security that collects and centralizes information about the company's IT security to offer a single point of view to manage it. It can cre ...
, an open source a security information and event management system
*Haskell Prelude, a standard module imported by default into Haskell programs; see
Haskell features
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Honda Prelude
The is a sport compact car produced by the Japanese company Honda. It was once produced over five generations from 1978 to 2001. It is planned to be reintroduced in 2025.
For the first five generations, as a two-door coupe loosely derived from ...
, an automobile manufactured by Honda
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Sheaffer Prelude, a series of pens by the Sheaffer Pen company
*''The preludes'', videos released on YouTube by Swedish band
iamamiwhoami
iamamiwhoami ( ) is an electronic music and audiovisual project led by Swedish singer-songwriter Jonna Lee (singer), Jonna Lee in collaboration with producer Claes Björklund. Since 2009, the project has released a series of audiovisual works ...
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Preludes (film series), shorts commissioned by the 2000 Toronto Film Festival
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Christmas Prelude, annual festival in Maine, U.S.
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