prelˇude (prlyd, prld, pr-)
n.
1. An introductory performance, event, or action preceding a more important one; a preliminary or preface.2. Music
a. A piece or movement that serves as an introduction to another section or composition and establishes the key, such as one that precedes a fugue, opens a suite, or precedes a church service.
b. A similar but independent composition for the piano.
c. The overture to an oratorio, opera, or act of an opera.
d. A short composition of the 15th and early 16th centuries written in a free style, usually for
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