preludes (Meaning)
preludes
to play as a prelude, to serve as a prelude to, something that comes before and prepares for the main or more important parts, to play a musical introduction, a musical piece (as an organ solo) played at the beginning of a church service, to give, play, or serve as a prelude, an opening voluntary, a short musical introduction (as to an opera), 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, to give or serve as a prelude, a separate concert piece usually for piano or orchestra and based entirely on a short motif, an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter
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to play as a prelude, to serve as a prelude to, something that comes before and prepares for the main or more important parts, to play a musical introduction, a
prologues, overtures, preliminaries, curtain-raisers, kickoffs, countdowns, starts,prologs, preambles, warm-ups
postscripts,epilogues, envoys, epilogs, finales, closings, finishes, cessations, ends,aftermaths
The piano preludes of Chopin are renowned for their expressiveness and technical brilliance.
The thunderous preludes of the storm reverberated through the valley.
The artist's brushstrokes on the canvas served as preludes to the masterpiece he envisioned.
The preludes to the opera set the mood and introduced the main themes of the story.
